Comparing the Effects of Muscle Energy Technique Versus Myofascial Mobilization in Managing Sub-acute Low Back Pain

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 22, 2021

Primary Completion Date

November 27, 2023

Study Completion Date

November 27, 2023

Conditions
LordosisLow Back Pain
Interventions
OTHER

Physiotherapy

Conventional treatment consisted of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Progressive Back Strengthening Exercise

OTHER

Muscle Energy technique

Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a technique that was developed in 1948 by Fred Mitchell, Sr, D.O\[1\]. It is a form of manual therapy, widely used in Osteopathy, that uses a muscle's own energy in the form of gentle isometric contractions to relax the muscles via autogenic or reciprocal inhibition and lengthen the muscle.

OTHER

Myofacial mobilization

It is a type of gentle, constant massage that releases tightness and pain throughout your myofascial tissues

Trial Locations (1)

74200

Sindh Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karachi

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Dow University of Health Sciences

OTHER

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