Remission of Lumbar Disc Herniation by Physiotherapy

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Disc Herniation

Treatments: Device: DRX 9000, Axiom Worldwide, Tampa, Florida; Other: spinal stabilization exercise; Other: physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02699164

GO14-265

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted with the aim of determining whether or not Non surgical spinal decompression therapy was effective in remission of herniation, decreasing pain and improving functional status.

Full description

Both groups received combination of electrotherapy, deep friction massage and stabilization exercise for fifteen session.

Combine group received non surgical spinal decompression therapy (NSDT) different from conventional physiotherapy group. Numeric Analog Scale, Straight leg raise (SLR) test, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were applied at baseline and after treatment. Disc height and herniation thickness were measured on Magnetic Resonance Imagination (MRI) which performed at baseline and three months after therapy.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

diagnosed as lumbar disc herniation suffering from low back pain at least 8 weeks

Exclusion criteria

undergone any spinal surgery clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis clinical diagnosis of scoliosis and spondylolisthesis any neurological disease causes sensorial loss

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

combine group

Experimental group

Description:

Conventional physiotherapy applied 15 sessions of treatment. In addition to conventional physiotherapy non-surgical spinal decompression therapy applied. First 10 sessions of treatment non-surgical decompression therapy applied and last 5 sessions spinal stabilization exercise applied.

Treatment:

Device: DRX 9000, Axiom Worldwide, Tampa, Florida

Other: spinal stabilization exercise

Other: physiotherapy

conventional physiotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

conventional physiotherapy applied 15 sessions of treatment. Conventional physiotherapy consisted hotpack, Transcutaneal Electric Nerve Stimulation(TENS) and Ultrasound Currents. Spinal stabilization exercises applied last five sessions of therapy.

Treatment:

Other: spinal stabilization exercise

Other: physiotherapy