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Effect of Mulligan Technique Versus Core Stability Exercises on Low Back Pain in Post Menopausal Women

No phase Interventional Low Back Pain

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Mulligan technique, Core stability exercise, Lifestyle modification advice.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Low Back Pain. Basic parameters: 50 years — 60 years · Female.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Egypt
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Overview

This study will be conducted to compare the effect of Mulligan technique and core stability exercises on low back pain in post menopausal women.

Detailed description

Low back pain is a major health problem affecting majority of the people at some point of their life.

Mulligan techniques can correct positional faults that occur in the spine and, thus, once the pain generator is released, normal function returns and the muscle guarding around the affected joint is resolved. Several studies have reported that along with the biomechanical changes, certain neurophysiological changes exist that occur at the spinal level after applying Mulligan techniques, including changes in descending pain inhibitory systems and changes in central pain processing mechanisms.

Core stability exercises are usually used to strengthen the muscles around the abdominal, lumbar, and pelvic regions, because the muscles of these regions play an important role in stability as well as in controlling the lumbar posture by using tonic or postural muscles during whole-body exercises.

So, this study will be conducted to provide new evidence and information about the efficacy of Mulligan technique versus core stability exercises on low back pain in postmenopausal women, to manage this problem for these women and add new information to the field of physical therapy.

Interventions

  • Other Mulligan technique
    The participants will receive Mulligan technique (modified SNAGs) (10 rep. / 3 sets with 5 min rest in between) for 30 minutes, 3 sessions / week in addition to lifestyle modification advice for 4 weeks.
  • Other Core stability exercise
    The participants will perform core stability exercises (spinus multifiduse ex, diaphragmatic strengthening ex, frontal plank, pelvic floor ex,) 3 sessions / week for 30 min each session in addition to lifestyle modification advice for 4 weeks
  • Other Lifestyle modification advice
    The participants will receive lifestyle modification advice only for 4 weeks

Primary outcome measures

  • Pain intensity level [Time frame: 4 weeks]
  • Lumbar flexion range of motion [Time frame: 4 weeks]
  • Lumbar extension range of motion [Time frame: 4 weeks]
  • Assessment of lateral flexion range of motion [Time frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Functional disability [Time frame: 4 weeks]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Sixty postmenopausal women (at least one year after stoppage of menses).
  • Their age will be ranged from 50 to 60 years.
  • All of them are diagnosed with chronic low back pain.
  • Their BMI will be less than 30 kg/ m2.
  • All of them are of sedentary lifestyle.
  • The score of pain will be 2 or more in a VAS.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants will be excluded from the study if they have:
  • Spinal fractures or any other neurological disorders.
  • Lumber disc herniation or spondylolithesis
  • Body mass index more than 30 kg/m2.
  • Pelvic pathology
  • Gynecological diseases as chronic pelvic pain, uterine prolapse or retroversion flexion of the uterus.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single blind
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

Egypt · 1 center
  • Hala Ali Mohamed — Cairo

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06634550 · P.T.REC/012/005170

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗