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.
All patients will sign an informed consent form after receiving information on the purpose of the study, procedure, and possible benefits and risks, privacy and use of data. All patients will be evaluated before training and at the end of the six-week training period with the handheld dynamometry unit for the trunk flexor and extensor muscle strength, Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for pain, Oswestry disability index (ODI) for function, Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ) for psychological status and Straight leg raise test (SLR) for sciatic nerve sensitivity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
32
lumbar stabilisation exercises, Mackenzie exercises and neural mobilisation exercises
Tele-rehabilitation will be achieved through a video conference (VC) via the internet platform Zoom at the time and day decided upon with the therapist and the patient
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
numeric 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
MUSCLE STRENGTH
trunk extensor and flexor muscle strength by the handheld dynamometry unit
Time frame: 15 MIN
Sciatic nerve sensitivity
Assessment of Sciatic nerve sensitivity by the Straight Leg Raise test (SLR) with the goniometer
Time frame: 5 MIN
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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