Active Release Technique Verses Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Hamstring Flexibility in Patients Having Specific Low Back Pain

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE · Aug 5, 2025

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This clinical trial is studying two different treatments to see which one better helps adults with specific low back pain improve the flexibility of their hamstring muscles (the muscles at the back of the thigh). The two treatments being compared are called Active Release Technique (ART) and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF). Researchers want to find out if one treatment helps reduce pain and improve movement more than the other.

Adults between 25 and 40 years old who have had low back pain for more than three months and have tight hamstrings may be eligible to participate. These participants should have certain conditions like a bulging disc or spinal wear-and-tear and show limited leg movement. People with recent injuries, severe pain, inflammatory diseases, or pregnancy are not eligible. If you join, you will receive either ART or PNF therapy during physiotherapy sessions for two weeks, with assessments before and after to measure changes in flexibility and pain. This study aims to help find better ways to relieve low back pain and improve movement.

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Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria:1.Patients having chronic low backache having hamstring tightness referred from orthopedic department 2.Patients having lumber disc budge, spinal spondylosis 3.Age group 25-40 years, having pain more than 3 months 4.Minimum 20-degree restriction in SLR unilaterally Both male and female -
• • Exclusion Criteria:1.Any history of injury in lower extremities in past 3 months 2.Knee osteoarthritis patients, knee deformities, discitis, osteomyelitis 3.Patients with injury of back, constant or severe persistent pain, inflammatory conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, spinal infection lumber spondylolisthesis, and lumber spondylolysis.
• • 4.Any pregnancy, history of previous surgery or fracture and history of radiculopathy or neuropathic pain.
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