PNF With and Without Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Radiculopathy

Treatments: Other: PNF with electrical stimulation; Other: PNF without electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06707779

REC/24/0214 Azka Yaseen

Details and patient eligibility

About

Numerous researches have shown how PNF is been used to treat non specific low back pain, subacromial impingement, cervical radiculopathy and many others. In some studies different techniques like Mckenzie method, spinal mobilization and Mulligan traction other than PNF were being used to treat lumbar radiculopathy. According to researchers knowledge little literature available to see the effectiveness of PNF with electrical stimulation in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of PNF with electrical stimulation in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Diagnosed cases of lumbar radiculopathy

  • Either one or both legs affected by radiating pain
  • Signs of nerve root compression like paresthesia, numbness, tingling, sharp pain
  • Impaired deep tendon reflex(knee jerk, ankle jerk)
  • Both male and female
  • Radiological evidence of lumbar spondylosis with radiculopathy
  • Age group between 40 to 70 years
  • Positive SLR test between 45° to 70°
  • All subjects with symptoms for duration of more than 6 weeks
  • Increase leg pain by coughing and sneezing

Exclusion criteria

• Serious spinal conditions e.g infection, tumor, osteoporosis
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Severe cognitive impairment
• Other neurological conditions and systemic illness like kidney and visceral diseases
• Vertebral fracture and spondylolisthesis
• Pregnant women
• History of spinal surgery in previous 6 months
• Clinical conditions such as oversensitive skin, patients with cardiac pacemakers where application of TENS is contraindicated

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

PNF with electrical stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

participants in this arm receive PNF with electrical stimulation to reduce pain and functional disability in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy

Treatment:

Other: PNF with electrical stimulation

PNF without electrical stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

participants in this arm receive PNF without electrical stimulation to reduce pain and functional disability in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy

Treatment:

Other: PNF without electrical stimulation