Thoracic Hyperkyphosis and Low Back Pain (hyperkyphosis)

Noha Khaled Shoukry

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: triple attack protocol; Other: usual care exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06639880

Cairo University N

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted on forty male patients (15 in the control group and 25 in the study group)) with low back pain hyperkyphosis of the thoracic spine, ages ranged from 20 - 40 years old. The visual analogue scale, the Oswestry disability questionnaire, and Cobb's angle was assessed for all patients before any intervention and two months post-intervention.

Full description

This study was conducted on 40 male patients aged 20 to 40 suffering from LBP. Patients were included in the study if they had hyperkyphosis with an X-ray cobb's angle greater than 40 degrees. The visual analogue scale (VAS), the Oswestry disability questionnaire (ODI), and Cobb's angle were assessed for all patients before and one month post-intervention. Patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in this study were randomly assigned to one of the two groups. Group 1 (the control group) received the usual care for the lumbar spine which includes TENS, ultrasound, and myofascial release for the lumbar spine in addition to a core program including bridge, half bridge and clam shell exercise. Group 2 (the study group) received the triple attack protocol which includes a modified P-A mobilization, manipulation, and stabilization program (Active and passive) for the thoracic spine in addition to the usual care and the core program for the lumbar spine

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who has low back pain due to facet joint arthropathy or discogenic cause confirmrd by MRI. Chronic spine instability confirmed by clinical tests. Sacroiliac joint confirmed by claster of lattelets. Hyperkyphosis (>40 degree measured by cobb's angle)

Exclusion criteria

• any structural deformity (wedge fracture) or previous spinal surgeries. Spinal tumors or fracture or presence of active infection in the lumbar spine. Systematic disorder (Rheumatoid) Cauda equine lesion, the presence of any comorbidities such as hypertension, DM, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and any autoimmune disease, history of patients who suffered from cancer, unexplained weight loss, immunosuppression, prolonged use of steroids, intravenous drug use, urinary tract infection, pain that is increased or unrelieved by rest, fever, significant trauma related to age, bladder or bowel incontinence, urinary retention (with overflow incontinence), saddle anesthesia, loss of anal sphincter tone, major motor weakness in lower extremities, fever, and vertebral tenderness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Experimental group

Description:

triple attack protocol which includes a modified P-A mobilization, manipulation, and stabilization program (Active and passive) for the thoracic spine in addition to the usual care and the core program for the lumbar spine

Treatment:

Other: triple attack protocol

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

the usual care for the lumbar spine which includes TENS, ultrasound, and myofascial release for the lumbar spine in addition to a core program including bridge, half bridge and clam shell exercise

Treatment:

Other: usual care exercise