Efficacy of Muscle Energy Techniques in the Treatment of Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05939024
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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)
Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain is characterized as a tension, soreness and stiffness. Various studies, defined MET as a manual medicine treatment procedure that involves the voluntary contraction of the subject's muscle in a precisely controlled direction, at varying levels of intensity, against a distinctly executed counterforce applied by the therapist.
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of Conventional Physical Therapy With and Without Muscle Energy Techniques in the Treatment of Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Muscle Energy Technique plus Conventional Physical Therapy
- Other: Conventional Physical Therapy
- Sponsor
- University of Lahore
- Start date
- 2022-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-07-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 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: 1. Age: 18 - 45 years 2. Gender : both genders 3. Low Back Pain of more than 3 months duration 4. ODI Score between 20-80% 5. BMI: 25-29 Kg/m2 6. VAS: Initial Pain Score \> 3 7. Pain Localized to Lower Lumbar Region 8. Decreased Lumbar ROM Exclusion Criteria: 1. Red Flag Signs of Low Back Pain (Metabolic Bone Disease, Malignancy, Cardiovascular Disorder, Pregnancy) 2. Patient with Paraesthesia or Numbness 3. Disturbed Reflexes (Hypo/Hyper Reflexia) 4. Motor Weakness 5. H/O Low Back Surgery 6. H/O Recent Trauma \< 2 Months 7. H/O Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Fracture 8. Joint hyper mobility. 9. Psychological Mental Disorders
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05939024