Comparing the Effects of Muscle Energy Technique Versus Myofascial Mobilization in Managing Sub-acute...
LordosisLow Back PainInstitute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) defines sub-acute low back pain as low back pain lasting between 4 and 12 weeks. There is insufficient evidence regarding the comparative effect of muscle energy technique and myofascial mobilization in the management of sub-acute non-specific low back pain with the tightness of quadratus lumborum and erector spinae muscles
William Training Versus Hold Relax Stretching of Iliopsoas Muscle
HyperlordosisHyper lordosis is a condition in which there is an excessive spine curvature in the lower back. Hyper lordosis is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population Only a small proportion of people have a well understood pathological cause-eg, a vertebral fracture, malignancy, or infection. People with physically demanding jobs, physical and mental comorbidities, smokers, and obese individuals are at greatest risk of reporting low back pain.Hyper lordosis creates a characteristic C-shaped curve in the lower back, or lumbar region, where the spine curves inward just above the buttocks. It often occurs as a result of poor posture or a lack of exercise. Hyperlordosis can cause muscle tightening and stiffness in the lower back. It can also damage the spine and soft tissues in the lumbar region. Hyperlordosis leads to excessive curvature of the spine in the lower back, causing the abdomen and buttocks to appear more prominent in profile view. People with hyperlordosis may experience mild to severe lower back pain, which may worsen with movement. Various conservative treatments are used to treat hyperlordosis and low back pain due to hyperlordosis. Most commonly used are the manual therapy techniques that employ William's protocol and hold relax stretching of iliopsoas muscle at lumbar spine. This study will be randomized control trial used to compare the effects of William protocol and hold relax stretching of iliopsoas muscle in subjects with hyperlordosis and low back pain. Subjects meeting the predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups using lottery method. Pre assessment will be done using LUMBAR SPINE QUESTIONNAIRE as subjective measurements and NPRS as objective measurements. Subjects in one group will be treated using William's protocol and the other one will be treated with hold relax stretching of iliopsoas muscle. Each subject will receive 08 treatment sessions with 02 treatment sessions per week. Post treatment reading for NPRS and lumbar spine questionnaire will be recorded after every week.
Prevention of Scoliosis in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Using Portable Seat Device...
Scoliosis NeuromuscularDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy1 moreThis study will be conducted without blind method. The portable seat device devised to maintain lumbar lordosis will be made within 1 year after the loss of ambulation in the participants with Duchenne muscular dystrophy with prospective design. In the control group, the presence of scoliosis will be calculated 5 years after the loss of ambulation in participants with Duchenne muscular dystrophy through analysis of retrospective medical records who had not been applied the portable seat device.
Effects of Lumbal Lordosis and Thoracic Kyphosis Angles on Muscle Activations
Low Back PainPosturalWhen the thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis are within a normal range of angular values back pain is less likely to occur. Angular modifications in the physiological curvatures of this sagittal plane have been shown to indicate spinal disorders. For instance, increasing lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis result in higher intradiscal pressure, tension in the spine's passive parts, and creep in the lumbar viscoelastic structures. One of the most important factors of human biomechanics, spinal curvatures provide optimal energy expenditure and movement capacity. Abnormal adaptations in thoracic and lumbar spine biomechanics can cause low back and back pain. Multiple spinal segments are covered by the lumbar erector spinae muscle (LES), which is regarded as a superficial back muscle. LES consists of two muscles, the longissimus thoracis and iliocostalis lumborum. To move the lumbar spine, the lumbar erector spinae muscle (LES) is recruited in a manner that depends on the applied force. It was suggested that patients used LES to compensate for laxity in passive ligamentous structures in an attempt to reduce excessive force on the lumbar spine. Excessive lumbopelvic movements and altered muscle activation patterns are common in patients with low back pain. Researchers have investigated the timing of each muscle's onset and the activity of the LES, and found that patients with low back pain had higher LES activation compared to healthy people. Exercises for strengthening the LES muscle have been performed trunk extension during prone position. Strenghening LES and thoracic extansors may lead to decrease or prevent painful spinal disorders, improve thoracic excessive kyphosis and other complications. Prone trunk extension exercises is used to clinically exercise approcah to activate weak and susceptible to fatigue LES muscle in patients with nonspecific low back pain. This exercise lead to not only strentghening but also lengthening and streching these muscles. To fully understand the effects and underliying the mechanism of this exercise, biomechanical changes in lumbopelvic movement patterns of individuals with kyphotic posture should be examined. Based on current evidence, it is not clear the mechanism that the prone trunk extension exercises is effective on different spinal alignment postures as excessive thoracic khyposis and compansation mechanism on lumbal lordosis. Thus findings from this research may guide clinicians to examine the effects of different prone trunk extension exercises on LES muscles activation. Mitani et al showed that different upper extremity postures effects the lumbal multifudis activations during standing. Brown et al indicated that sit-stand workstations do not change muscle activations of lumbar muscles. Muyor et al concluded that spinal aligment of cyclists affects core muscle activity during cyling. Wattananon et al demonstrated that clinicians should focus on muscle activation patterns rather than the amount of lumbopelvic motion during prone hip extension. Based on the current studies, and to optimally address the underlying mechanism that the main objective was to investigate and show the effects of lumbal lordosis and thoracic kyphosis angles on muscle activations during different low back exercises.
CETIC-I (CEra Traction Improves Cervical Kyphosis -I)
Cervical KyphosisCervical Lordosis1 moreThe study is a Prospective, Randomized, Single-blinded, Sham device controlled, Parallel Treatment Grouped, Multi-center, Exploratory Clinical Trial to Evaluate Improvement of Cervical Lordosis and Safety of CGM MB-1701 (Spinal warm massage device, Ceragem Master V6) in Subjects with Cervical Kyphosis and Posterior Neck Pain.
Non-invasive Imaging Technique for the Study of Lordosis in Pregnant Women and Its Relationship...
Pregnancy OutcomeBiomechanics3 moreThe study consists of collecting measurement data of the rachis in pregnant women and the subsequent outcome of her delivery. This will make it possible to validate a non-invasive imaging technique through software that can be used to study this anatomical curve proposing a new measurement method for the angle of lordosis. Finally, with the research data, the investigators will try to find a correlation between these variables (angle of lordosis and delivery outcome.
Registry for Patients With Achondroplasia / Hypochondroplasia (OMPR-Ach/Hy)
AchondroplasiaHypochondroplasiaThis registry is a observational, single-center study designed to collect clinical data on patients with achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia.
Comparison of Actifuse ABX and Local Bone in Spinal Surgery
ScoliosisKyphosis1 moreThis study is being done to compare people who had a standard of care spinal fusion using part of their local bone graft (a small amount of bone from the region of the spine where the fusion is occurring) to correct an adult spinal deformity and people who will have a standard of care spinal fusion using a mixture of Actifuse ABX® (a market approved bone graft substitute) and a local bone graft (a small amount of bone from the region of the spine where the fusion is occurring). This study will compare the outcomes of both groups to help the Orthopaedic surgeon conducting spinal fusions in the future. Investigators expect that Actifuse ABX® will be as good if not better than just a local bone graft.
Does Improvement Towards a Normal Cervical Sagittal Configuration Aid in the Management of Lumbosacral...
Cervical Lordosis RehabilitationA randomized controlled study with six months follow-up will be conducted to investigate the effects of sagittal head posture correction on 3D spinal posture parameters, back and leg pain, disability, and S1 nerve root function in patients with chronic discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy . Participants will include 80 patients between 40 and 55 years experiencing chronic discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy with a definite hypolordotic cervical spine and forward head posture and will be randomly assigned a comparative treatment control group and a study group. Both groups will receive TENS therapy and hot packs, additionally, the study group will receive the Denneroll cervical traction orthotic.
Effectiveness of Frog Leg Technique in Management of Low Back Pain Due to Lumbar Lordosis
Low Back PainPosturalCondition in which lumbar region experiences stress or extra weight and is arched to point of muscle pain or spasms is called Lumbar hyperlordosis.The study findings compared the effectiveness of frog leg technique and standard exercise therapy in management of low back pain due to lumbar lordosis.