Clinical trial NCT02572622: Comparison of Different Treatment Methods in Lumbal Disc Herniation Treatment
Official title: Lumbal Disk Herniasyonunda Farklı Tedavi Yöntemlerinin Karşılaştırılması
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Lumbar Disc Herniation
Keywords: exercise
deep friction massage
spinal decompression
non-surgical spinal decompression
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-10-09
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of three different treatment methods which consists spinal decompression, deep friction massage and exercise. The patients were separated three groups Group one received non-surgical spinal decompression therapy, group two received non-surgical spinal decompression, lumbar stabilization exercises and manual therapy, group three received manual therapy and lumbar stabilization exercises. All groups completed 15 sessions of therapy. In each session, pain severity was assessed with numeric analog scale, straight leg raise test applied and the degree of the hip flexion where the patient reported pain were recorded, respectively. Static, dynamic muscle strength-endurance tests were applied before the treatment sessions started, after the treatment sessions ended, six weeks after and three months after the study. Oswestry Disability Scale (ODI), Back Performance Scale (BPS), Lanss Neuropathic pain Questionnaire, Fear-Avoidance-Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) and McGill Pain Questionnaire were applied before the treatment sessions started, after the treatment sessions ended and three months after the study. Gradient of disc height and thickness of the herniation were assessed segmentally with magnetic resonance imagination (MRI) before the study and three months after the study.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* clinical diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation without strengthening loss

Exclusion Criteria:

* clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis
* have scoliosis and spondylolisthesis
* any surgery related spine
* any neurological diseases causes sensory loss

Primary outcomes:
measure: magnetic resonance imaging changes
timeFrame: change from baseline in disc height and size of herniation at 3 months.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: disability
timeFrame: up to 3 months.
measure: performance
timeFrame: up to 3 months.
measure: pain
timeFrame: up to 3 months.
measure: straight leg raise test for mobility
timeFrame: up to 3 months
measure: neuropathic pain
timeFrame: up to 3 months.
measure: fear avoidance beliefs
timeFrame: up to 3 months.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Hacettepe University
name: aynur demirel, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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