Conventional Exercises Plan With or Without Laser Guided Feedback for Patients With Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Low back pain (LBP) is a significant health issue. It impacts a significant portion of the adult population, reaching up to 80%, and results in substantial healthcare and socioeconomic expenses. To find out what changes occurred after the application of two exercise modalities [Conventional Exercise (CE) and Laser-Guided Exercise (LGE)} and PNE on pain, pain pressure thresholds, disability, catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and lumbar proprioception in subjects with NSCLBP.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or cold laser therapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Lahore, Pakistan
    • Hameed Latif Hospital Lahore

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Both male and female ages between 18 and 45 years (11).
• Patients diagnosed with nonspecific low back pain (11).
• patients with pain intensity of "3" or greater on numeric pain rating scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with neurological symptoms.
• Patients diagnosed with fatigue syndrome
• Females having pregnancy
• History of low back surgery

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or cold laser therapy; uses low-level lasers or light-emitting diodes to stimulate cellular function and improve healing. Physiotherapy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation use it as a non-invasive, painless complement or adjuvant therapy	Diagnostic test: Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or cold laser therapy; Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or cold laser therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS)	it is a simple and widely used tool for measuring pain intensity. It consists of a horizontal line with 11 numbered points, ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable). Patients are asked to rate their pain by selecting the number that best describes their current pain intensity	12 Months
The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)	it is a patient-completed questionnaire used to measure the level of disability caused by low back pain. It is a widely used and validated tool in both research and clinical settings. Studies show high test-retest reliability of 0.90	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Superior University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 29, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 20, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 24, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 24, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: MSRSW/Batch-Fall22/713

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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