Gait in Low Back Pain Patients After Spinal Mobilization
CompletedNot applicableNCT02645123
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Introduction: patients with chronic back pain as a result of degenerated disc disease, besides pain also present with impaired gait. The purpose of this study is to evaluate both the clinical data using clinical rating scales, such as Oswestry Disability Index Greek version (ODI), Numerical Pain Rating Scale for low back pain and leg pain (NPRS) and the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire Greek Version, and kinetic and kinematic characteristics during gait analysis in patients with chronic low back pain as a result of the degenerated disc disease (Disc Degenerative Disease), before and after application of manual therapy techniques. Methodology: for the purposes of the study, 75 patients suffering from chronic low back pain were randomly divided into 3 groups of 25 each. Each group received five sessions with the first group receiving manual therapy treatment (spinal mobilisation), the second a sham treatment and the third, classic physiotherapy (stretching exercises, TENS and massage). To evaluate the effectiveness of each treatment, the visual analog pain scale, two questionnaires (Oswestry and Roland Morris) and also an optoelectronic system for recording and analysis of gait (kinetic and kinematic data) were utilized.
Study details
- Official title
- Gait Analysis of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Before and After the Application of Spinal Mobilization
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: TENS
- Procedure: spinal mobilization
- Procedure: swedish type massage
- Procedure: static hamstring stretch
- Procedure: sham treatment
- Sponsor
- University of Ioannina
- Start date
- 2011-12
- Primary completion
- 2014-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 Years to 78 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * low back pain for over 3 months * recent lumbar MRI (up to 12 months) * able to walk without the need of walking aids Exclusion Criteria: * leg length discrepancy of over 2 cm * history of spinal surgery * history of autoimmune disease * history of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis * spinal fractures * pregnancy * respiratory and/or cardiac disease * history of stroke * hip, knee or ankle osteoarthritis * cauda equina syndrome * spinal inflammation * spinal tumor * steroid drug use in the last month * osteoporosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02645123