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Additional Effects of Retro Walking.

CompletedNot applicableNCT07484542
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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 aim of this study is to find the effects of retro walking along with core stabilization on pain, disability and balance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. Randomized controlled trials will be done at Railway general hospital, Rawalpindi and Care plus medical center, Islamabad. The sample size was 42. The subjects were divided into two groups, 21 subjects in group A will undergo retro-walking along with core stabilization and 21 in group B will undergo only core stabilization exercises. Conventional physical therapy protocol will apply to both groups. Sampling technique applied was purposive nonprobability sampling technique. Only 25-40 years individual with chronic low back pain were included. Tools used in the study are visual analogue scale, Modified Oswestry Disability Index and gait and balance app. Data will be analyzed through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21.

Study details

Official title
Additional Effects of Retro Walking on Pain, Disability and Balance in Non-specific Low Back Pain
Interventions
  • Other: Retro walking and Core stabilization
  • Other: Core Stabilization
Sponsor
Riphah International University
Start date
2026-02-28
Primary completion
2026-05-01
Sex
All
Age range
from 25 Years to 50 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: * Subjects of either gender. * Age range of 25-50 years. * Subjects with non-specific chronic low back pain (more than 3 months). * Subjects with Visual analogue score equal or more than 5. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with acute injury of spine. * Subjects with ankylosing spondylitis. * Patients with referred pain. * Subjects with operative history of spine or hip. * Pregnant females or child birth for less than 6 months. * Subjects with any systemic disease or tuberculosis of spine.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07484542