Clinical trial NCT05280977: Effects Of Post Isometric Relaxation And Post Facilitation Stretching On ROM, Pain And Functional Limitations
Official title: Comparative Effects Of Post Isometric Relaxation And Post Facilitation Stretching On Range Of Motion, Pain And Functional Limitations In Patients With Erector Spinae Tightness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Erector Spinae Tightness
Lead sponsor: University of Lahore
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-15
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial treatment techniques: post isometric relaxation and post facilitation stretching technique sample size: 35 in each group single blinded Before giving either treatment to each group, baseline data will be collected from each participant and then after 4th week of treatment.

Detailed description: To compare the effects of post isometric relaxation and post facilitation stretching on Rom, pain and functional disability in patients with erector spinae tightness.Study Setting: Bahria International Hospital, Lahore Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 26.The quantitative variables like range of motion will be presented in the form of mean ±SD and qualitative variables like pain and functional disability will be presented in the form of frequency and percentage.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* • Pain in lower back for atleast 4 weeks but less than 1 year.

  * Pain relieved by rest.
  * Decreased flexion, extension and lateral flexion of lumbar spine.
  * Individuals having no signs of nerve root irritation (dermatomal pain and paresthesia) and nerve root compression (dermatomal sensory loss, myotomal weakness, loss of reflex)
  * Age group: 30 - 45 years
  * Both male and female

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals having other lumbar pathologies like disc problems, ligamentous strains, sciatica etc
* Individuals having any inflammation and malignancy.
* Pregnancy
* Individuals having recent trauma, fracture, or surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: goniometer
timeFrame: 4 WEEKS
Secondary outcomes:
measure: visual analog scale
timeFrame: 4 WEEKS
Other outcomes:
measure: Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 WEEKS
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Bahria International Hospital Lahore
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Lahore
name: SYEDA RAHAT JABEEN, MSPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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