Effects Of Inversion Table Therapy Vs MT On Pain And Lumbar Flexibility In Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT07055802

Last Updated: 2025-07-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 54 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-17
• Study Completion Date: 2026-02-28

Brief Summary

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a widespread yet difficult-to-manage and treat public health condition with a significant treatment failure rate. Both inversion table therapy and mulligan techniques are very effective in reducing low back pain. A number of literature supports the effectiveness of both techniques individually but there is no literature available that provide comparison between these two techniques.

Detailed Description

Study objective will be to compare the effect of inversion table therapy versus mulligan techniques on pain and lumber flexibility in patients with chronic low back pain

Conditions

Chronic Low-back Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Inversion Table group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Inversion Table

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Inversion Table group will receive flexion biased exercises in supine position with 05 repetitions every session and in addition will be given an inversion table therapy as a treatment at the angle of 60' for 5 minutes in every session. Two follow ups in a week were taken for total of 04 weeks. Measurements were taken for NPRS, Oswestry low back disability questionnaire and sit and reach test respectively

Mulligan group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mulligan flexion biased exercises

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

experimental group named as Mulligan group will receive flexion biased exercises in supine position with 05 repetitions every session and in addition will be given mulligan technique. It was done at level just below ASIS (at level of L4-L5 spinous process), ten times/session, for 12 sessions three/week every other day for 4 weeks. . Measurements were taken for NPRS, Oswestry low back disability questionnaire and sit and reach test respectively

Interventions

Inversion Table

Inversion Table group will receive flexion biased exercises in supine position with 05 repetitions every session and in addition will be given an inversion table therapy as a treatment at the angle of 60' for 5 minutes in every session. Two follow ups in a week were taken for total of 04 weeks. Measurements were taken for NPRS, Oswestry low back disability questionnaire and sit and reach test respectively

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Mulligan flexion biased exercises

experimental group named as Mulligan group will receive flexion biased exercises in supine position with 05 repetitions every session and in addition will be given mulligan technique. It was done at level just below ASIS (at level of L4-L5 spinous process), ten times/session, for 12 sessions three/week every other day for 4 weeks. . Measurements were taken for NPRS, Oswestry low back disability questionnaire and sit and reach test respectively

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Both Genders.
• Adults aged between 30-50.
• Low Back pain should be Persistent for more than 3 months
• Idiopathic pain

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant females
• Patients with cauda equina syndrome (symptoms of bladder impairments)
• Cardiovascular disease in last 6 months
• Any progressive neurological deficit (like stroke and epilepsy)
• Patients history of vertigo and glaucoma
• Patient with flexion biased pain Persistent use of pain medication
• Patients who had undergone any other treatments, such as acupuncture or physical therapy, in last 3 months.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Superior University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Muhammad Naveed Babur

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Omer Hospital & Cardiac Center

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

MSRSW/Batch-Fall23/830

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id