Effect of Manual Therapy on Low Back Pain in Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women

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Conditions studied: Low Back Pain, Osteopenia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of manual therapy on low back pain in osteopenic postmenopausal women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06671665

Run by

Cairo University

People needed

40

Starts

2024-11-07

Expected to finish

2025-06-07

Last updated by the study team

2024-11-12

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• 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.

Where it is running

• Cairo University — Giza, Egypt (enrolling)

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