Effects of ELDOA in Lumber Radiculopathy

For Spinal Segment L4-L5 and L5-S1 proper ELDOA position was instructed to the experiment group patients.ELDOA stands for Elongation Longitudinaux Avec Decoaption Osteo Articulaire, or LOADS (Longitudinal Osteo-articular De-coaptation Stretching). ... They can be described as fascial stretch that localizes tension at the level of a specific spinal segmental.

"Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS):~120Z dual channel TENS unit made in Japan was used in the research. Electrodes of TENS were placed on lumbar region and TENS was given for 15 minutes on Constant mode. Intensity was adjusted according to patient's comfort.~Hot pack was applied on the lumbar region for 10 - 15 minutes.Lumbar Mobilization (CPA) was given on spinous process of L1- L5 vertebrae and L5-S1. For every session given 3 sets of 10 repetitions of each lumbar vertebra was performed."