Effectiveness of Muscles Energy Technique in the Management of Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03449810
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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)
Low back pain is the most common health problem that affects work performance and quality of life. Non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) is defined as low back pain not attributable to a recognizable, known specific pathology. NSLBP is the leading cause of disability among the major musculoskeletal conditions which leads to Impairments, Activity Limitations and participation restrictions. Therefore it becomes a psychosocial/economic burden on individuals, families, communities, industries and government. Existing literature shows globally 40% to 50% of people have LBP at some point in their lives and there exists a challenge in Africa on the best rehabilitation methods for low back pain management which could prevent chronic pain and disability. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effectiveness of MET when combined with DSE in the management of chronic NSLBP patients and to analyze the additional effect the MET procedure will provide relative to DSE.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Muscles Energy Technique on Quality of Life and Trunk Muscles Functions in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: DSE plus MET group A
- Procedure: DSE alone group B
- Procedure: Standard Physiotherapy treatment group C
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
- Start date
- 2019-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-10-14
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 55 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. NSLBP history of about or more than 3 months and associated with referred lower extremity pain; pain in the lumbopelvic region; 2. Lumbar hypomobility; mobility deficits of the thorax and hip regions; 3. LBP not of specific origin diagnosed by a physician (due to fracture, tumours, malignancy, ankyloses, infections, and pregnancy); 4. Diminished trunk or pelvic region muscle strength and endurance; 5. Movement coordination impairments while performing community/work-related recreational or occupational activities. 6. Attending Outpatient clinics and Physiotherapy departments of Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital Dutse and Federal medical centre Birnin-Kudu in Jigawa state, Northwest Nigeria. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chronic NSLBP with radiating pain due to nerve root involvement in physical examination. 2. Patients using immunosuppression or steroid medication. 3. Patients with persistent severe pain. 4. Patients with spinal deformities. 5. Patients with widespread neurological symptoms; patients with peritonitis as at the time of recruitment; patients with a history of lumbar surgery; patients diagnosed with carcinoma or organ disease; and patients with a history of severe rheumatic, orthopaedic, cardiovascular, systemic, metabolic or neurologic disorders.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03449810