Effect of Visceral Osteopathic Manipulations on Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT04822428

Last Updated: 2021-03-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-20

Study Completion Date

2021-03-12

Brief Summary

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Forty female patients with age ranging from 30-40 years old were suffering from low back pain due to visceral dysfunctions participated in this study. They were recruited from a private clinic. They were assigned into two groups equal in number; Group (A): included twenty patients who received osteopathic manipulative techniques, 1 session per week for 3 weeks, and Group (B): included twenty patients who received only analgesic drugs.

Detailed Description

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Twenty patients received osteopathic manipulative techniques including Suboccipital release technique, diaphragmatic release.,mesentery release and Colonic manipulation were applied to the study group according to the patients' needs.

The treatment program comprised a total of 3 sessions for 3 weeks at one session per week for an average of 50 minutes per session. Twenty patients in the second group (control ) took only analgesics during the three weeks.

Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A randomized, controlled, parallel study
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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study group(A)

Group (A): included Twenty patients who received osteopathic manipulative techniques, 1 session per week for 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Osteopathic manipulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Osteopathic manipulative techniques including; suboccipital release technique,sacral release technique, diaphragmatic release, mesentery release, and Colonic manipulation

Control group(B)

Group (B): included twenty patients who received analgesic drugs only.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Osteopathic manipulation

Osteopathic manipulative techniques including; suboccipital release technique,sacral release technique, diaphragmatic release, mesentery release, and Colonic manipulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Non-specific low back pain for more than 12 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

* Malignant tumor
* Pregnancy
* Acute ischemic bowel disease,
* Intestinal obstruction,
* surgery in the last six months
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Heba Ahmed Ali Abdeen

Assistant professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Faculty of Physical Therapy

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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SH2021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id