PNF With and Without Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
CompletedNot applicableNCT06707779
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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)
Numerous researches have shown how PNF is been used to treat non specific low back pain, subacromial impingement, cervical radiculopathy and many others. In some studies different techniques like Mckenzie method, spinal mobilization and Mulligan traction other than PNF were being used to treat lumbar radiculopathy. According to researchers knowledge little literature available to see the effectiveness of PNF with electrical stimulation in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of PNF with electrical stimulation in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation With and Without Electrical Stimulation on Pain and Functional Disability in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: PNF with electrical stimulation
- Other: PNF without electrical stimulation
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Start date
- 2024-02-02
- Primary completion
- 2024-09-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 40 Years to 70 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: * • Diagnosed cases of lumbar radiculopathy * Either one or both legs affected by radiating pain * Signs of nerve root compression like paresthesia, numbness, tingling, sharp pain * Impaired deep tendon reflex(knee jerk, ankle jerk) * Both male and female * Radiological evidence of lumbar spondylosis with radiculopathy * Age group between 40 to 70 years * Positive SLR test between 45° to 70° * All subjects with symptoms for duration of more than 6 weeks * Increase leg pain by coughing and sneezing Exclusion Criteria: * Serious spinal conditions e.g infection, tumor, osteoporosis * Uncontrolled hypertension * Severe cognitive impairment * Other neurological conditions and systemic illness like kidney and visceral diseases * Vertebral fracture and spondylolisthesis * Pregnant women * History of spinal surgery in previous 6 months * Clinical conditions such as oversensitive skin, patients with cardiac pacemakers where application of TENS is contraindicated
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06707779