Effects of Bilateral Asymmetrical Limbs Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Multifidus Muscle in CLBP.

Brief summary (from the registry)

The low back pain is a leading cause to limit individual functional activities worldwide and 60%-80% of adults are probable to get low back pain at least once in life time. Whereas, the chronic low back pain prevalence is 10%.The current literature suggests that any exercise is beneficial for reducing chronic nonspecific low back pain. This limits evidence regarding superiority of specific exercise for low back pain treatment. Therefore, a randomized control trial will be conducted at department of physiotherapy to assess which treatment is more effective in chronic low back pain at department of physiotherapy, institute of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Dow University of Health Sciences after synopsis approval. Overall 150 participants with 18-40 years old having chronic low back pain will be eligible and they will be included through non-probability, purposive sampling technique. The written informed consent will be taken from all the participants. They will be divided through systematic random sampling method into two groups, 75 in each group. Group A (experimental group) will receive Bilateral, asymmetrical limbs PNF pattern exercises and group B (control group) will receive Swiss ball exercises. All participants will be assessed using assessment form. Pain and functional disability will be measured by subjective outcome tools, visual analogue scale with 0-10cm and Oswestry disability index , respectively. Range of movement of lumbar and multifidus muscle activity will be measured by objective outcome tool, modified-modified Schober's test and surface electromyography, respectively. The pre \& post treatment outcomes will be collected and recorded. Treatment sessions will be given thrice a week for 5 weeks. A maximum drop-out rate of 20% is expected. The Mean ± SD will be calculated for quantitative variables and frequencies and percentages for qualitative variables. The recorded outcome variables before and after the five weeks of treatment will be compa…

Study details

Official title

Effects of Bilateral Asymmetrical Limbs Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Multifidus Muscle in Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

• Other: Group A (PNF rhythmic initiation group )
• Other: Group B (Swiss ball exercises)

Sponsor

University of Karachi

Start date

2020-03-03

Primary completion

2020-12-15

Sex

All

Age range

from 18 Years to 40 Years

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

Pakistan

Total sites listed

1

Eligibility criteria