Effects of Manual Lumbar and Prone Traction in Patients With Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT05518552

Last Updated: 2022-08-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 25 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-01-25
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-12

Brief Summary

The study determined the effects of manual Lumbar traction and prone traction on some clinical variables of patients with long standing low back pain.

Detailed Description

Traction therapy has been used in the management of low back pain (LBP) especially None Specific Low Back Pain. There are several recommendations on how lumbar traction should be performed, but the type of technique to be applied differs among the sources. Prone traction adapted from inversion therapy which is a form of gravitational traction has been reported to be effective in ameliorating disabilities of patients with low back pain as well reduce pain intensity. Manual lumbar traction is performed by the therapist, pulling at the patient's ankles and has been reported to be effective in relieving pain and reducing disability of patient with None Specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP). Documented evidences on the efficacy of traction in non-specific low back pain are still inconclusive. While manual lumbar traction seems more commonly used, probably owing to its positional advantage, its relative effectiveness compared with manual prone traction is still unknown, hence this study. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of manual lumbar traction and prone traction on pain intensity, disability, spinal range of motion and quality of life in patients with None Specific Low Back Pain.

Conditions

Non-specific Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

manual Lumbar Traction

The subjects consist of 25 patients with chronic low back pain. They underwent a manual lumbar traction with Physiotherapist pulling the patients while lying prone on a couch

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Manual lumbar traction

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patient in the group were treated with manual traction

Prone traction

This group consist of patients with non specific chronic low back pain that were put on prone traction.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Prone traction

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patient in the group were placed on prone traction

Interventions

Manual lumbar traction

Patient in the group were treated with manual traction

Intervention Type: OTHER

Prone traction

Patient in the group were placed on prone traction

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants diagnosed with Non-Specific Low Back Pain of not less than 3 months duration who were referred by a physician.
• Participants between the ages of 40 years and older.

Exclusion Criteria

• Low back pain patients with specific pathology, such as systemic inflammatory diseases, pregnancy, fractures of the spine, tumors, infections.
• Participants with pathology affecting the trunk or upper and lower extremities

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Obafemi Awolowo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Adesola Ojo Ojoawo

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Adesola O Ojoawo, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife

Locations

Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Countries

Nigeria

References

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 15066687 (View on PubMed)

Ozaktay AC, Cavanaugh JM, Asik I, DeLeo JA, Weinstein JN. Dorsal root sensitivity to interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor in rats. Eur Spine J. 2002 Oct;11(5):467-75. doi: 10.1007/s00586-002-0430-x. Epub 2002 Jun 4.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 12384756 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Ojo/2022/01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id