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NCT Number: NCT06495099

Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain

Brief Summary: Low back pain (LBP) is an important public health problem due to the increasing world population and aging. In chronic LBP, exercise therapy is among the first-line treatments. Core stabilization exercises (CSE), one of the motor control exercises, focus on the activation and control of the deep spinal muscles. Recently, some studies have shown that Russian electrical stimulation alone or combined with exercise can provide contraction in deep stabilizer muscles and significantly reduce pain in patients with LBP

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Key information

Conditions

Low Back Pain Back Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Deraya university

Minya, 05673, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The duration of the disease is more than 3 months with pain scores greater than four in the VAS disability score of 19% or greater as evident from the modified oswestry disability.

Exclusion criteria

  • Neurological or musculoskeletal diseases that affect lumbar spine (e.g: lumbar spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, and lumbar disc injuries)
  • women during pregnancy and lactation.
  • History of lumbar spine surgery.
  • Signs of lumbar radiculopathy or myelopathy.
  • Signs of serious pathology (e.g., malignancy, inflammatory disorders, infection

Treatment and study plan

Russian electrical stimulation

Other

Type of Medium frequency current with 2500 Hz frequency modulated at 50 Hz with 50% Duty cycle training protocol is (10 sec. on time - 50 sec. off time - 10 minutes total time)

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain scoring

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    pain measured by VAS tool, 0 the least pain while 10 the highest one

  2. Quality of life by using Oswestry Disability Index (OID)

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    questioner, Score from 0 to 19% indicate minimal disability- 20 to 39% represent moderate disability- 40 to 59% represent severe disability- 60 to 79% represent crippled disability- and scores from 80 to 100% represents patients that are confined to bed

Secondary outcomes

  1. Muscle thickness assessment

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Ultrasonography

  2. Stability and mobility of spine

    Time frame: 6 weeks

    Spinal mouse assessment spinal vertebrate from 7th cervical vertebrae to 3rd sacral vertebrae

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Deraya University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain (Randomized Control Trail)

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jul 10, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 26, 2025

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