45
Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2013
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2013
mobilization (manual therapy)
mobilization is one of the manual therapy or treatments with the application of a gentle oscillatory passive movement to the spinal region specifically at the level of L3 in this study at the posterio-anterior direction.
Placebo mobilization
placebo mobilization is a tactile stimulation at the same level L3 without application of any force.
Ultrasound and infrared devices
ultrasound and infrared are the traditional treatment for low back pain , they are electrical modalities used in the field of physiotherapy to decrease the inflammation and the pain in musculoskeletal systems
Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo
Cairo University
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