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Studies

Interventional Enrolling by invitation

NCT06198647 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Manual Therapy for Pregnancy Related Back Pain

Official title: Effect of Tui-Na Versus Positional Release Techniques on Pregnancy Related Low Back Pain in the Third Trimester. A Randomized Trial

  • Sponsor: Benha University
  • Enrollment: 40 (Estimated)
  • Study start: 2024-01-15 (Estimated)
  • Primary completion: 2024-02-27 (Estimated)
  • Study completion: 2024-03-15 (Estimated)
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • InterventionModel: Parallel
  • Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
  • PrimaryPurpose: Treatment

Brief Summary

More than 50% of women experience pain in the lumbopelvic area during pregnancy. The prevalence of pain increases with the duration of pregnancy. Trunk muscles are needed to sustain low levels of activity for an extended duration. Preventing muscles from fatiguing is very important. Manual therapy techniques can minimize loading of the spine while improving muscular endurance and preventing fatigue. Moreover, inhibition of the trigger points of the spinal musculature is an important factor to consider.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Intervention / Treatment

  • Procedure: Tui-na massage
  • Procedure: positional release technique

Primary Outcome Measures

  • back pain intensity (through study completion, an average of 2 months)
    will be measure by the visual analogue scale that range from 0 to 10 with higher scores indicating greater pain intensity.

Countries

Egypt

Locations and Investigators

  • Benha University, Cairo, Egypt

Study Officials