Efficacy of Therapeutic Exercise (Mirror Image Exercise) in Adolescent With Chronic Low Back Pain, Through Corrective Postural Changes

Beni-Suef University60 enrolled

Overview

This study will include two groups. The study group will receive mirror-image postural exercise on the 3D postural analysis. The control group will receive a traditional exercise program.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Mirror image postural exercisesOTHER

Patients will recieve mirror image postural exercise on the 3D postural analysis

Back exercisesOTHER

Exercises in the form of back muscles stretching exercises and abdominal muscles strengthening exercises.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Having chronic mechanical low back pain. * Having a significant translational and/or rotational deformity of the lumbar spine according to the posture index scale. * Having normal x-ray Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cardiovascular disease. * Previous spinal surgery. * Abdominal hernia. * True leg length discrepancy. * Severe respiratory disease. * Pregnancy. * Associated pathologies of lower limbs that may interfere with the posture such as foot, knee, and hip deformities.

Locations (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain Intensity

Measured using Visual analoge scale(VAS)

Time frame: 1-3 months

Postural Alignment

Assess through 3D posture assessment

Time frame: 1-3 months

Functional Disability

Measured using the Oswestry Disability Index(ODI)

Time frame: 1-3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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