Effects of FAKTR Therapy on Muscle Activity, Ankle Proprioception and Foot Biomechanics in OP With Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT07068334

Last Updated: 2025-07-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-04-17
• Study Completion Date: 2026-06-01

Brief Summary

Low back pain is sometimes non-specific, leading to pain and spasm due to muscle imbalance causing changes in biomechanical properties, back and limb muscles, leading to dictating a significant association between low back pain and overpronation. FAKTR (functional and kinetic treatment with rehabilitation) Therapy employs this mobilization with proprioception and resistance treating these biomechanical changes.

Detailed Description

This study aims to determine the effects of FAKTR (functional and kinetic treatment with rehabilitation) therapy on muscle activity, ankle proprioception and foot biomechanics on over-pronated foot in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. This study will be a Randomized Controlled trial and will be conducted on sample size of 60 patients, will be taken by consecutive sampling techniques. Patients will be randomly assigned into two groups.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Traditional Physical Therapy:

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Traditional Physical Therapy

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Short foot exercises. Towel-curl exercise. Heel raise exercise. Calf stretch.

Traditional Physical Therapy + FAKTR

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional Physical Therapy + FAKTR

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Short foot exercises. Towel-curl exercise. Heel raise exercise. Calf stretch.

FAKTR Functional and Kinematic Treatment with Rehabilitation) technique:

The FAKTR (Functional and Kinematic Treatment with Rehabilitation) technique applied is a modified IASTM technique in the pain-provocative position (incorporating static positions, motions, functional movements, resistance, and proprioceptive positions).

Interventions

Traditional Physical Therapy

Short foot exercises. Towel-curl exercise. Heel raise exercise. Calf stretch.

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Traditional Physical Therapy + FAKTR

Short foot exercises. Towel-curl exercise. Heel raise exercise. Calf stretch.

FAKTR Functional and Kinematic Treatment with Rehabilitation) technique:

The FAKTR (Functional and Kinematic Treatment with Rehabilitation) technique applied is a modified IASTM technique in the pain-provocative position (incorporating static positions, motions, functional movements, resistance, and proprioceptive positions).

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 25-45
• Both males and females
• History of three or more occurrences of lower back pain in the year before the study. - The diagnosis is confirmed by the pain experienced between the inferior gluteal folds and the costal margins.
• Moderate to severe pain is measured using a Numerical pain rating scale.
• Foot Posture Index score higher than +6. A total score ranging from -12 to +12 is obtained by measuring the subject's six feet using the Foot Posture Index (FPI). The following are the reference values for the posture of the feet: A neutral position is indicated by 0 to +5, a pronated position by +6 to +9, a hyper-pronated position by +10 to +12, a supinated position by -1 to -5, and a very supinated position by -6 to - 12.

Exclusion Criteria

• No recent history of lower limb fractures or injuries
• No history of surgical treatment experience for spinal stenosis, spina bifida, or disc herniation
• No neurological issues or constriction of the nerve roots.
• Previously diagnosed with Osteoporosis.
• SIJ dysfunction evaluated by Compression test positive
• Congenital deformities

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 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

Arif memorial teaching hospital, ferozepur road

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

PhDRSW/Batch-Fall23/2222

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id