Multifidus Activation, Pain and Functional Disability in Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02901327
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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)
Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain (CMLBP) is a common disabling health problem among the general population. Multifidus muscle inhibition accompanying CMLBP plays a major role in perpetuating the pain and functional disability. Lumbar stabilisation and treadmill exercises are established treatments for CMLBP. However, it is not known which of the two techniques is more effective. This study was conducted to compare the effects of lumbar stabilisation and treadmill walk on multifidus activation, pain and functional disability in individuals with CMLBP.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Lumbar Stabilisation Exercise and Treadmill Walk on Multifidus Activation, Pain and Functional Disability in Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Lumbar Stabilisation Exercise
- Procedure: treadmill walk exercise
- Sponsor
- Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
- Start date
- 2015-03
- Primary completion
- 2015-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Nigeria
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participants diagnosed with LBP of mechanical origin and have been present for 3 months or more. 2. Participants who have a score of at least 20% on Modified Oswestry Dis¬ability Index (ODI). 3. Participants who gave consent to participate in the study. 4. Participants who can comprehend instructions in English or Hausa 5. Participants who are not involved in any other form of exercise training during the course of the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with history of a prior surgery to the lumbosacral spine. 2. Patients with any neurological findings indicating radiculopathy. 3. Patients with very acute symptoms of LBP. 4. Patients with evidence of systemic disease, carcinoma or organ diseases. 5. Patients with obesity which due to reduce fatty infiltration that might affect electrical conductivity in the multifidus muscle. 6. Patients below 18 years of age.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02901327