RecruitingNot Applicable

Effect of Manual Therapy on Low Back Pain in Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women

Egypt40 participantsStarted 2024-11-07

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of manual therapy on low back pain in osteopenic postmenopausal women.

Age range50 Years – 60 Years

SexFEMALE

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✓. Ambulatory, sedentary, non-smoking women having natural menopause at least 1 year before participation in the study.
✓. Their ages will range from 50 to 60 years old.
✓. Their BMI will be \> 30 kg/m2.
✓. Pain before costal margin and above inferior gluteal fold.
✓. Osteopenia.

✕. Osteoporosis.
✕. Having osteoporotic fractures.
✕. Having a lumbar surgery previously.
✕. Neurological disorder.
✕. Known diseases affecting bone quality (hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, hypercortisolism, etc).
✕. Receiving any medical or hormonal therapies that could affect the bone metabolism.
✕. Receiving previous manual treatment.

Assessment of Low back pain severity

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Measurement of lumbar curvature angle.

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Assessment of Lumbar Flexion

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Assessment of Lumbar Extension

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Assessment of Lumbar Lateral bending to the right side

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Assessment of Lumbar Lateral bending to the left side

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Assessment of functional disability related to low back pain

Timeframe: 12 weeks

NCT IDNCT06671665

SponsorCairo University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-05-07

Hanan Karamallah Mohamed Abdelkawy, MSc