Compare Effects of Ultrasound Therapy With High Intensity Laser Therapy for Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation.

NCT ID: NCT05261815

Last Updated: 2022-06-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-03-31

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to assess and compare the effects of ultrasound therapy and High Intensity Laser Therapy, as the treatment option in case of lumbar disc herniation.

Detailed Description

A randomized control trail will be conducted in Safi teaching hospital near Riphah international university, after approval of synopsis. To evaluate the comparison and effect of Ultrasound therapy and High Intensity Laser Therapy, 30 patients will be randomly assigned to High Intensity Laser Therapy and Ultrasound group. Patients will be selected according to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the patients will be evaluated by computed tomography scan or magnetic resonance of lumbar spine. Non-probability convenient sampling will be used to approach the patients in hospital. Participants received 15 treatment session of High Intensity Laser Therapy and Ultrasound therapy over a period of three consecutive weeks (five days/week). Two types of tools will be used to evaluate the find out the comparison of both groups Visual analog scale and Oswestry lowback pain disability questionnaire. Data will be collected pre-treatment and post-treatment after 15 days. Data will be analyzed by Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 20. Difference between pre-treatment to post treatment between group will be analyzed by Mann-Whitney test, and Within group difference will be analyzed by Wilcoxon signed- rank test. The level of statistical significance will be set as p< 0.05

Conditions

Disk Herniated Lumbar

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Ultrasound therapy

• Continuous ultrasound therapy for 15 minutes
• Traction for 30 minutes
• Spinal decompression exercises for 20 min

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Ultrasound Therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ultrasound Therapy improves the pain management in patients with herniation. It eases down the severity of symptoms as well.

High Intensity Laser Therapy

• High intensity laser for 10 minutes
• Traction for 30 minutes
• Spinal decompression exercises for 20 min

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

High Intensity Laser Therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treatment of low disc herniation should be non-surgical, pharmacological and by physical therapy modalities. Laser radiation with high intensity used as a modality called high intensity laser therapy. It is used to relieve the pain by three process; Photo-chemical, Photo-thermal, Photo-mechanical. High Intensity Laser Therapy uses high intensity laser irradiation and low light absorption.

Interventions

Ultrasound Therapy

Ultrasound Therapy improves the pain management in patients with herniation. It eases down the severity of symptoms as well.

Intervention Type: OTHER

High Intensity Laser Therapy

Treatment of low disc herniation should be non-surgical, pharmacological and by physical therapy modalities. Laser radiation with high intensity used as a modality called high intensity laser therapy. It is used to relieve the pain by three process; Photo-chemical, Photo-thermal, Photo-mechanical. High Intensity Laser Therapy uses high intensity laser irradiation and low light absorption.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient above age 18 and adult
• Patient with lumbar disc herniation diagnosed by MRI
• Patient with no history of trauma and congenital abnormalities

Exclusion Criteria

• If patient received anesthesia or corticosteroid within 4 week
• Patient with osteoporosis
• Patient with surgery or previous fracture of spinal stenosis
• A history of acute trauma like osteoarthritis, myofascial pain syndrome, inflammatory rheumatic disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2, thyroid dysfunction, obesity, pacemaker, neurological pathologies and anxious- depressive syndrome.
• Pregnant women

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Muhammad Kashif

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Riphah International University

Locations

Ripah International University

Faisalabad, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

REC-FSD-00244

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id