Effect of Core Stability Exercises on Pain and Quality of Life in Non Specific Low Back Pain

Most publications state that core stability exercises (transverse abdominis and multifidus training) can relieve chronic low back pain with or without radiculopathy and improve function, although only temporarily, and may have the same impact as active general exercise so The goal of this study is to detect the effect of retraining the deep core muscles, on pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with chronic Non specific low back pain.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Non Specific Low Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: core stability exersises

Detailed Description

The goal of this study is to detect the effect of retraining the deep core muscles, on pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with chronic Non specific low back pain

This study is delimited to the following aspects:

1. Fifty, patients of only females with chronic non specific low back pain more than 3 months.
2. The age will range from 22 to 45 years.
3. The treatment will conduct to three session per week for four weeks .
4. The selected patients will assigned randomly to two equal groups:

1- Group1 (intervention), will do the selected treatment that include electrical stimulation in addition to Core stability exercises program. 2- Group2(control), will do the conventional treatment only.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Wafaa A. Salama Ashour, Bachelor's; Phone Number: 01008983388; Email: pt.w.ahmedashour@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Recruiting
    • Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• gender is women
• age ranges from 22 to45 years old
• chronic non specific low back pain for at least 3 month
• pain score will between 3 to 6 on visual analogue scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any deformity of the spine
• Red flags including serious pathology
• Systemic or inflammatory disease
• sever osteoporosis
• history of tumor or cancer
• spine infection
• history of spine or pelvis surgery or fracture
• cauda equina syndrome
• progressive neurological deficit
• severe instability
• sever cardio vascular or metabolic disease
• history of psychological disease
• anatomical and congenital disturbance
• continuous pain more than 8 on (visual analogue scale)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: treatment group; The treatment group will engage in transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS) and core stability exercises for three sessions each week for four weeks.	Other: core stability exersises; core stability exercises and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for four week three session per week; Other Names: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
No Intervention: control group; The transcutaneous electrical stimulation nerve stimulation will be administered to the control group just for three sessions each week for four weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
quality of life for each participants	We will use the Arabic version of world health organization's quality of life (Arabic_WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire and higher score means better outcome	baseline
pain levels for each participants	visual analogue scale will be used to assess the level of pain and higher score means worse outcome	baseline
pressure lumber biofeedback for each participants	pressure lumber biofeedback for asses transverse abdominis contraction	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Chair: EMAN M. FAYEZ, Professor, physical therapy for neuromuscular disorder and its surgery; Study Chair: Hossam M. Alsaid, Lecturer, physical therapy for neuromuscular disorder and its surgery; Study Chair: MARIHAN Z. Aziz, Lecturer, Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and its Surgery

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 7, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 20, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 20, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: non specific low back pain

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No