Effects of Decompression in Patient With Acute vs Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
CompletedNot applicableNCT04674917
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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)
The study will be done to evaluate the effectiveness of Lumbar Spinal Decompression in patients with acute vs chronic lumbar radiculopathy. Study design will be Randomized control trial and sample size will be 30. Duration of study was of 6 month, convenient sampling was done. Data will be collected from DHQ Daska were randomly allocated in three groups via lottery method, baseline assessment was done. Patients of both gender (male and female) from 18 to 50 years with lumbar radiculopathy diagnosed through X-ray and physical examination will be included. Patients with systemic soft tissue and bony diseases will be excluded. Intervention duration of 4 weeks, 3 sessions in a week. Decompression of lumbar spine will be given once in a week. Whole procedure of treatment program will given to patients and written informed consent will be taken. Basic tools will be Visual analog scale (VAS), SLR, ODI, Inclinometer. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Decompression on Pain, Range of Motion and Function in Patient With Acute vs Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Decompression + Hot pack, TENS, Mobilization, Exercise Therapy
- Other: Decompression + Hot pack , TENS , Mobilization , Exercise Therapy
- Other: Hot pack , TENS, Mobilization, Exercise therapy
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Start date
- 2020-03-30
- Primary completion
- 2020-12-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * history of radicular pain with straight leg raise (SLR). * Patients in the acute phase of (up to 6 weeks) included in group A * Patients in chronic phase of (more than 6 weeks) included in group B Exclusion Criteria: * Any systemic soft tissue and bony disease. * Patient with spinal tuberculosis, spinal fractures, pregnancy, cancer. * Any recent surgery. * Patient with any cervical or thoracic problem. * Patients with any other serious pathology/red flags
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04674917