Low Back PainNCT06495099
Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain
A study testing Russian electrical stimulation in people with Low Back Pain, run by Deraya University at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
Brief Summary: Low back pain (LBP) is an important public health problem due to the increasing world population and aging. In chronic LBP, exercise therapy is among the first-line treatments. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Low Back Pain
- What is being tested?
- Russian electrical stimulation
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 10 Mar 2024to 31 Jul 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 25 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- The duration of the disease is more than 3 months with pain scores greater than four in the VAS disability score of 19% or greater as evident from the modified oswestry disability.
Who cannot join
- Neurological or musculoskeletal diseases that affect lumbar spine (e.g: lumbar spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, and lumbar disc injuries)
- women during pregnancy and lactation.
- History of lumbar spine surgery.
- Signs of lumbar radiculopathy or myelopathy.
- Signs of serious pathology (e.g., malignancy, inflammatory disorders, infection
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain (Randomized Control Trail)
Brief Summary: Low back pain (LBP) is an important public health problem due to the increasing world population and aging. In chronic LBP, exercise therapy is among the first-line treatments. Core stabilization exercises (CSE), one of the motor control exercises, focus on the activation and control of the deep spinal muscles. Recently, some studies have shown that Russian electrical stimulation alone or combined with exercise can provide contraction in deep stabilizer muscles and significantly reduce pain in patients with LBP
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Being tested
- Russian electrical stimulation
- Medical subject headings
- Low Back Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Russian electrical stimulationOther
Type of Medium frequency current with 2500 Hz frequency modulated at 50 Hz with 50% Duty cycle training protocol is (10 sec. on time - 50 sec. off time - 10 minutes total time)
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| group A | Experimental | The training group A will be treated by core stability exercises and Russian electrical stimulation Receives: Other: Russian electrical stimulation |
| group B | Active comparator | The training group B will be treated by core stability exercises. Receives: Other: Russian electrical stimulation |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Pain scoring
pain measured by VAS tool, 0 the least pain while 10 the highest one
Measured: 6 weeks
Quality of life by using Oswestry Disability Index (OID)
questioner, Score from 0 to 19% indicate minimal disability- 20 to 39% represent moderate disability- 40 to 59% represent severe disability- 60 to 79% represent crippled disability- and scores from 80 to 100% represents patients that are confined to bed
Measured: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes (2)
Muscle thickness assessment
Ultrasonography
Measured: 6 weeks
Stability and mobility of spine
Spinal mouse assessment spinal vertebrate from 7th cervical vertebrae to 3rd sacral vertebrae
Measured: 6 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Jul 2024
- Study start10 Mar 2024
- Primary completion30 Jun 2024
- Study completion31 Jul 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Low Back PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Deraya University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06495099
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- physio 224
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 2 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 26 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Nayel N, Ezzat H, Ahmed S, Saleh H. Effect of core stability exercises and Russian electrical stimulation on nonspecific low back pain: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 17;15(1):44053. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-28313-x.
PubMed 41407791
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain (Randomized Control Trail)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06495099
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- physio 224
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Deraya UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 10 Mar 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jun 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Jul 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 10 Jul 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Brief Summary: Low back pain (LBP) is an important public health problem due to the increasing world population and aging. In chronic LBP, exercise therapy is among the first-line treatments. Core stabilization exercises (CSE), one of the motor control exercises, focus on the activation and control of the deep spinal muscles. Recently, some studies have shown that Russian electrical stimulation alone or combined with exercise can provide contraction in deep stabilizer muscles and significantly reduce pain in patients with LBP
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| group A | Experimental | Other: Russian electrical stimulationThe training group A will be treated by core stability exercises and Russian electrical stimulation |
| group B | Active comparator | Other: Russian electrical stimulationThe training group B will be treated by core stability exercises. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The duration of the disease is more than 3 months with pain scores greater than four in the VAS disability score of 19% or greater as evident from the modified oswestry disability.
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Neurological or musculoskeletal diseases that affect lumbar spine (e.g: lumbar spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, and lumbar disc injuries)
- women during pregnancy and lactation.
- History of lumbar spine surgery.
- Signs of lumbar radiculopathy or myelopathy.
- Signs of serious pathology (e.g., malignancy, inflammatory disorders, infection
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Russian electrical stimulationType of Medium frequency current with 2500 Hz frequency modulated at 50 Hz with 50% Duty cycle training protocol is (10 sec. on time - 50 sec. off time - 10 minutes total time) | Other | group A, group B |
Primary outcome
Pain scoring
Time frame: 6 weeks
pain measured by VAS tool, 0 the least pain while 10 the highest one
Quality of life by using Oswestry Disability Index (OID)
Time frame: 6 weeks
questioner, Score from 0 to 19% indicate minimal disability- 20 to 39% represent moderate disability- 40 to 59% represent severe disability- 60 to 79% represent crippled disability- and scores from 80 to 100% represents patients that are confined to bed
2 secondary outcomes
Muscle thickness assessment
Time frame: 6 weeks
Stability and mobility of spine
Time frame: 6 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Jun 2025.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41407791Nayel N, Ezzat H, Ahmed S, Saleh H. Effect of core stability exercises and Russian electrical stimulation on nonspecific low back pain: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 17;15(1):44053. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-28313-x.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Russian electrical stimulation in people with Low Back Pain, run by Deraya University at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Pain scoring (time frame: 6 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06495099, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Jun 2025; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 2 Nov 2026.