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Extension traction in the treatment of Patients with Lumbosacral disc herniation

9/23/2015

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I wanted to share this article today as it has been relevant for many of my patients over the last month.

This was published in CLINICAL REHABILITATION in Jun 2012 and shows the importance of Lumbar Extension traction in managing pain and rehabilitating patients with acute lumbosacral disc bulges.

Extension traction treatment for patients with discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy: a randomized controlled trial (Authors: Ibrahim M Moustafa. Aliaa A Diab. Basic Science Department, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.

AbstractObjective: To investigate the effects of lumbar extension traction in patients with unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy due to L5–S1 disc herniation.

Subjects: Sixty-four patients with confirmed unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy due to L5–S1 disc herniation and a lumbar lordotic angle less than 39°, randomly assigned to traction or control group.

Interventions: The control group (n = 32) received hot packs and interferential therapy, whereas the traction group (n = 32) received lumbar extension traction in addition to hot packs and interferential therapy.

Results: There was a significant difference between the traction group and the control group adjusted to baseline values at 10 weeks post treatment with respect to: absolute rotatory angle (P < 0.001), Oswestry Disability Index (P = 0.002), back and leg pain (P= 0.009, P = 0.005), Modified Schober test (P = 0.002), latency and amplitude of H-reflex (P = 0.01, P < 0.001), intervertebral movements (P < 0.05). At six-month follow-up there were statistically significant differences between the study and control groups for all the previous variables (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: The traction group receiving lumbar extension traction in addition to hot packs and interferential therapy had better effects than the control group with regard to pain, disability, H-reflex parameters and segmental intervertebral movements.

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