Effect of Manual Therapy on Low Back Pain in Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women
Cairo University
40 participants
Nov 7, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of manual therapy on low back pain in osteopenic postmenopausal women.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- 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.
Exclusion Criteria7
- 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.
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Interventions
Patients in both groups received calcium supplementation in the form of tablets that contain 665 mg calcium citrate. Citrate is easily assimilated and metabolized which provides the maximum benefit of the formula. Dosage: one tablet daily.
Manual therapy treatment will be in the form of craniosacral techniques and visceral manipulation techniques for 8 sessions in 12 weeks. Sessions will be divided into one session per week for the first 4 weeks then one session every two week for the next 8 weeks. Each session lasts for 45 minutes.
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NCT06671665