Effect of Diaphragm Manual Therapy With Conventional Physical Therapy in Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain Patients
CompletedNot applicableNCT05299216
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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)
A randomized single-blind clinical study will be performed. A sample size of 34 patients including only male gender, will be taken from various clinical settings of Faisalabad. Non-probability purposive sampling technique will be used. Patients will be randomly allocated into two groups. Treatment Group A will perform Conventional Physical Therapy and Diaphragm Manual Therapy and Group B will perform Conventional Physical Therapy and Sham Diaphragm Manual Therapy. Numerical Pain Rating Scale and lumbar range of motion scores will be assessed at pre-treatment, 2nd-week post-treatment and 4th-week post-treatment. Oswestry Disability Index scores and Short Form 12 Health Survey Questionnaire will be assessed at pre-treatment and 4th-week post-treatment. Statistical analysis will be performed on Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Version 25.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Conventional Physical Therapy With or Without Diaphragm Manual Therapy in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Manual Diaphragm Technique
- Other: Conventional Physical Therapy
- Other: Sham Diaphragm Manual Technique
- Sponsor
- University of Faisalabad
- Start date
- 2022-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-07-30
- Sex
- Male
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 20-55 years. * Male gender * Patients diagnosed as having non-specific chronic low back pain from the last 12 weeks minimum. * Pain rating of at least 3 on Numerical Pain Rating Scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous history of spinal trauma, fracture or surgery. * Patients with lumbar disc herniation and radicular low back pain. * Patients having any spinal malignancy, psychological distress, infectious disorder or systemic disorder. * Patients with tuberculosis of the spine. * Patients with musculoskeletal injuries of the lower extremities. * Patients who regularly consume anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs. * Previous history of manual treatment in the last month. * Patients having contraindications for manual therapy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05299216