The Effect Of A Neurodynamic Treatment On Nerve Conduction In Clients With Low Back Pain

McMaster University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Mobilizations; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01402895

10-541

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a certain treatment for low back pain can change the way nerves in the leg send messages. Specifically, the investigators will examine whether a particular type of physical therapy treatment for individuals with low back pain (neurodynamic techniques) changes the speed that nerves send/receive signals to/from the leg, as compared to a different physical therapy treatment.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males and females aged 18 years and older
• Participants who can speak English and read, understand, and fill out the consent form and questionnaires
• Participants will have a certain level of low back pain graded numerically, with or without radiation to the leg
• Clinical decision (by same individual) as safe to participate in study based on subjective history and objective examination.

Exclusion criteria

• An inability to tolerate sitting for 10 minutes
• Nerve conduction disorders diagnosed by a physician such as, diabetes or MS
• Current participant in an investigational drug study (within past 3 months)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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9 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobilizations

Active Comparator group

Description:

The physiotherapist will perform mobilizations to the L-spine and SI joints with the participant in a specific position.

Treatment:

Other: Mobilizations

Exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

The physiotherapist will teach the participant how to tighten the transversus abdominus muscle. The participant will be asked to do a series of these exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise