Effects of Mechanical Versus Manual Traction in the Management of Low Back Pain.

Foundation University Islamabad48 enrolled

Overview

This study compared the effects of mechanical and manual traction on pain, disability and lumbar spinal curvature in patients with discogenic low back pain

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain Low Back Pain, Mechanical Disc Degeneration Disc Prolapse Disc Prolapse With Radiculopathy Lumbar Radiculopathy

Interventions

Hot PackPROCEDURE

Superficial Heating

Manual TractionPROCEDURE

Manual Traction for 10 minutes

Mechanical TractionPROCEDURE

Mechanical Traction for 10 minutes

Joint Mobilization

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with discogenic low back pain, * Patients of both genders * Age ranges from 20 to 60 years * NPRS \> 5 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with non-mechanical back pain * Patients with known metabolic diseases, * Osteoporotic patients, * Recent history of spinal trauma or surgery, * Lumbar myelopathy, * Cauda equine syndrome.

Locations (1)

Foundation University Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences.

Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Numeric Pain Rating Scale

Changes from base Line Numeric Pain rating scale is a scale for pain starting from 0-10. Where 0 indicate no pain and 10 indicate severe pain.

Time frame: 6 weeks

Oswestry disability index

Changes from base line The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is an index derived from the Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire used by clinicians and researchers to quantify disability for low back pain. Each topic category is followed by 6 statements describing different potential scenarios in the patient's life relating to the topic. The patient then checks the statement which most closely resembles their situation. Each question is scored on a scale of 0-5 with the first statement being zero and indicating the least amount of disability and the last statement is scored 5 indicating most severe disability. The scores for all questions answered are summed, then multiplied by two to obtain the index (range 0 to 100). Zero is equated with no disability and 100 is the maximum disability possible.

Time frame: 6 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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