Strengthening Exercise and Activities of Daily Living Instructions for Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is one of the most common causes of mechanical low back pain (LBP) associated with radiating leg pain. Conservative treatment, including exercise, analgesic, and physical therapy, is regarded as the first-line treatment of LDH.

This randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of back and hip strengthening exercises combined with activities of daily living instructions (ADLIs) to reduce pain intensity in patients with LDH.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chittagong Medical College

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 18 - 59 years.

• Clinically diagnosed LDH that was confirmed by MRI.

• Duration of the pain: ≥ 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Painful spinal deformity

• Cauda equina syndrome

• Progressive neurological signs and/or muscle-wasting

• History of spinal surgery, spine fracture, scoliosis, tuberculosis, and tumours.

• Treated with epidural injections.

• Pregnancy