Effects of Decompression in Patient With Acute vs Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
Condition: Lumbar Radiculopathy
MeSH terms: Radiculopathy
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The study will be done to evaluate the effectiveness of Lumbar Spinal Decompression in
      patients with acute vs chronic lumbar radiculopathy. Study design will be Randomized control
      trial and sample size will be 30. Duration of study was of 6 month, convenient sampling was
      done. Data will be collected from DHQ Daska were randomly allocated in three groups via
      lottery method, baseline assessment was done. Patients of both gender (male and female) from
      18 to 50 years with lumbar radiculopathy diagnosed through X-ray and physical examination
      will be included. Patients with systemic soft tissue and bony diseases will be excluded.
      Intervention duration of 4 weeks, 3 sessions in a week. Decompression of lumbar spine will be
      given once in a week. Whole procedure of treatment program will given to patients and written
      informed consent will be taken. Basic tools will be Visual analog scale (VAS), SLR, ODI,
      Inclinometer. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21
    

Detailed description: 
      Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal conditions treated by physical
      therapists. Although lumbar traction is frequently used by physical therapists in the
      treatment of patients with LBP. We will use Manual Lumber Spinal Traction on patients with
      acute vs chronic lumber radiculopathy. The current study will determine the effect of
      decompression in relieving pain, increase range of motion and improving function in patients
      of acute and chronic lumbar radiculopathy. Lumbar traction (LT) is routinely used on its own
      or in conjunction with other treatments for the management of lumbar sciatica. We will use
      Manual lumbar traction along with hot pack, tens, mobilization and exercise therapy.
      Intervention duration of 4 weeks, 3 sessions in a week. Decompression of lumbar spine will be
      given once in a week.
    

Intervention name(s): Decompression + Hot pack, TENS, Mobilization, Exercise Therapy; Decompression + Hot pack , TENS , Mobilization , Exercise Therapy; Hot pack , TENS, Mobilization, Exercise therapy
Intervention type(s): Other; Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Group A which includes the acute group to study the effects of decompression we will apply the three main basic treatments along with decompression which is our main goal..
The basic treatments are
Hot Pack
TENSE
Mobilization ( on lumbar L1 toL5 ) Our first modality which is hot pack will be given to the patients for a duration of 15 minutes The next modality TENSE will be given for 10 minutes
The third treatment which is mobilization will be given 1 time on each joint of lumbar spine All these treatments must given in combination with the decompression.; Group B which includes the chronic group to study the effects of decompression we will apply the three main basic treatments along with decompression which is our main goal..
The basic treatments are
Hot Pack
TENSE
Mobilization ( on lumbar L1 toL5 )
Our first modality which is hot pack will be given to the patients for a duration of 15 minutes The next modality TENSE will be given for 10 minutes
The third treatment which is mobilization will be given 1 time on each joint of lumbar spine All these treatments must given in combination with the decompression.; Group C which is our control group to compare it with the groups A and B to study the effects of decompression on lumbar radiculopathy The basic treatments are
Hot Pack
TENSE
Mobilization ( on lumbar L1 toL5 )
Our first modality which is hot pack will be given to the patients for a duration of 15 minutes The next modality TENSE will be given for 10 minutes
The third treatment which is mobilization will be given 1 time on each joint of lumbar spine It is kept in mind that in this group we will not apply the decompression along with the above treatments.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: Decompression, radiculopathy, acute, chronic