The Effects of Spinal Decompression Therapy on Pain and Disability in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

Effects of non-surgical decompression therapy in addition to routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion, endurance, functional disability and quality of life versus routine physical therapy alone in patients with lumbar radiculopathy; a randomized controlled trial

“…The current study results are consistent with a few previously conducted RCTs that show NSD therapy provides better results when applied with other conservative treatment methods [ 9 , 22 , 26 , 29 ]. In an RCT, Oh et al (2017) found NSD therapy to be more effective for improving pain and functional status of CLBP patients as compared to the conservative treatment received by the control group, which included hot-pack, infrared, and ultrasound, while the experimental group received NSD therapy in addition to the conservative treatment for 4 weeks [ 26 ]. In another RCT conducted by Shah et al (2020), the experimental group showed more improvement in the walking duration of lumbar radiculopathy patients than the control group.…”

“…Consequentially, the muscle tone does not increase excessively [ 23 , 24 ]. The force is generated within a limit that does not cause muscular or ligamentous stress [ 25 , 26 ], thus preventing any possible para-spinal muscle spasm [ 1 , 22 ]. Unlike traction therapy, the NSD technique does not require setting the direction and traction force [ 24 ].…”

“…Although some of the preliminary data from the literature supported NSD therapy and declared it more effective than conservative treatment methods [ 9 , 22 , 26 , 29 ], a few studies have found no superiority of NSD therapy over conservative treatments [ 21 , 30 ]. Meanwhile, some of the RCTs have confirmed the efficacy of NSD over ordinal traction [ 19 , 24 , 31 ] and declared that NSD is more effective than simple traction in terms of improving back pain, straight leg raise (SLR) [ 31 ], radicular pain, disc heights [ 19 ], and disc herniation index [ 24 , 31 ].…”

Comparing the Effectiveness of the Muscle Energy Technique and Kinesiotaping in Mechanical Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Non-blinded, Two-Group, Pretest–Posttest Randomized Clinical Trial Protocol

“…The therapist will position near the level of the pelvis, while the base of the tape will be placed over the contralateral part of the sacrum, forming a “Y” strip with minimum tension attached over the greater trochanter of the ipsilateral femur [ 18 ]. Patients will undergo KT treatment 3 times a week for 4 weeks to decrease pain and increase stability [ 7 ]. The kinesiotape application technique titled “Manisha’s kinesiotape (M-KT) application protocol for patients with mechanical sacroiliac joint dysfunction” by Manisha Sarkar, Manu Goyal, and Asir John Samuel was copyrighted under the Copyright Office of the Government of India with unique registration no L-88904/2020 filed with diary no., 15442/2019-CO/L dated 30th September, 2019.…”

“…The MET can be described as forces exerted by the patient against the therapist’s counter force, which could results in maximum muscle contraction [ 2 ]. KT has also been used to reduce pain and stabilize the alternating structures associated with SIJD [ 7 ]. Although MET can be an effective treatment for SIJD, several studies have reported that KT alone does not have much effect on SIJ pain.…”