About this trial
The aim of this study is to find the effects of retro walking along with core stabilization on pain, disability and balance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. Randomized controlled trials will be done at Railway general hospital, Rawalpindi and Care plus medical center, Islamabad. The sample size was 42. The subjects were divided in two groups, 21 subjects in group A will undergo retro-walking along with core stabilization and 21 in group B will undergo only core stabilization exercises. Conventional physical therapy protocol will apply to both groups. Sampling technique applied was purposive nonprobability sampling technique. Only 25-40 years individual with chronic low back pain were included. Tools used in the study are visual analogue scale, Oswestry Disability Index and G\&B app. Data will be analyzed through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Subjects of either gender.
Age range of 25-50 years.
Subjects with non-specific chronic low back pain (more than 3 months).
Subjects with VAS score equal or more than 5.
Disqualifiers
Subjects with acute injury of spine.
Subjects with ankylosing spondylitis.
Patients with referred pain.
Subjects with operative history of spine or hip.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Retro walking and Core stabilization
- Core Stabilization