Effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05052840
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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 one the leading cause of disability and affecting many individuals. Chronic low back pain is associated with restriction in daily physical activities that ultimately leads to disuse atrophy of muscles. The objective of the study is to find out the effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training on pain, disability, endurance and Lumbar flexibility in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training on Pain, Disability, Endurance and Lumbar Flexibility in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Mechanical Low Back Pain
- Paraspinal Muscles
- Muscle Stretching Exercises
- Interventions
- Other: Muscle endurance training (MET)
- Other: Conventional Treatment
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Start date
- 2021-09-13
- Primary completion
- 2022-02-13
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 45 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: * The ages between 20-45 years * Both Males and Females * The presence of low back pain as a primary complaint * The onset of pain at least three months back Exclusion Criteria: * Tumors, infection or inflammatory diseases affecting the spine * Spinal or lower limb surgery * Spinal fractures or structural deformities such as spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis * Signs of nerve root compression * Any contraindications for exercise therapy * Patient with any spinal surgery, have respiratory or systemic diseases. * Pregnant women. * Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (determined by any three positives among distraction test, Gaenslen's test, Thigh thrust test, Sacral thrust test, and compression test)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05052840