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Effect of Trans-spinal Electromagnetic Neuromodulation in Treatment of Patients With Discogenic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

ConditionsLumbar RadiculopathyDiscogenic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age20-40
SponsorYara Aboelazm Abd Elaziz Mohamed

About this trial

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding Trans-spinal Electromagnetic Neuromodulation to conventional physical therapy in patients with Discogenic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

patient age range from 20 -40 from both sexes.

Unilateral chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy confirmed by neurosurgeon for more than 3 months.

Unilateral paracentral or lateral intervertebral disc herniation confirmed by MRI .

H- reflex amplitude side to side difference 67% in absence of latency difference.

Disqualifiers

Hypertension

Diabetes.

Lumbar canal stenosis

Pervious surgeries

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Trans-spinal Electromagnetic Neuromodulation

    Other intervention

    Trans-spinal electromagnetic neuromodulation will be applied for 15 minutes on the affected segment

  • Conventional physical therapy

    Other intervention

    Conventional physical therapy consisting of: Hot pack on lumbar spine. Neurodynamic mobilization. Rotatory mobilization and rotatory manipulation for lumbar spine. Core stability exercises.

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Trans-spinal Electromagnetic Neuromodulation + Conventional physical therapyExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Conventional physical therapyActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain

Numeric Pain Rating Scale (0-10)

Time frame
Change from Baseline pain at 6 weeks
2

Disability

Oswestry disability index (0-100%)

Time frame
Change from Baseline disability at 6 weeks
3

Straight leg raise test

Straight leg raise test

Time frame
Change from Baseline straight leg raise test at 6 weeks
4

H-reflex side-to-side amplitude (H/H) ratio

by EMG unit

Time frame
Change from Baseline H-reflex side-to-side amplitude (H/H) ratio at 6 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Yara Aboelazm Abd Elaziz Mohamed

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Sponsor institution

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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