A single blinded clinical randomized trial. A single blinded trained investigator examined all patients and collect all data to eliminate inter- investigator error. Patients will be divided according to the treatment procedure into two groups equal in numbers to investigate a comparative effect of hybrid tele-rehabilitation to clinic- based therapy in patients with lumbar radiculopathy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
32
Tele-rehabilitation methods can provide an important advantage for patients who cannot receive hospital services due to pain, mobility limitations, and distance to the hospital
Tele-rehabilitation will be achieved through a video conference (VC) via the internet platform Zoom at the time and day 29 decided upon with the therapist
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
RECRUITINGnumeric pain rating scale (NPRS)
The NPRS is frequently employed to measure pain intensity, in which patients are asked to select a number (from 0 to 10) to represent their pain severity before and after medical consultation
Time frame: 5 minutes
Oswestry disability index (ODI)
used to measure the functional status of patients with spinal disorders. It is comprised of 10 dimensions with 6 levels being set in each dimension.
Time frame: 5 minuets
fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ)
The questionnaire consists of 16 items in which a patient rates their agreement with each statement on a 7-point Likert scale, where 0= completely disagree, 6=completely agree.
Time frame: 5 minutes
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