New app aims to ease back pain from disc herniation
NCT ID NCT07060235
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study is developing and testing a mobile app that guides people with lumbar disc herniation through fascia exercises. Participants will be taught exercises by a physiotherapist and then use either the app, a home brochure, or standard lumbar stabilization exercises. The goal is to see if the app helps reduce pain and improve daily function better than the other methods.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- fascial exercise based mobile application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a convenient, app-based home exercise option to reduce pain and disability from disc herniation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 1 participant, so results may not be reliable or generalizable. The app is still being developed during the trial.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1 person
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Exclusion Criteria: * Mobile on Android devices have the competence to use the application * No neurological deficit * painkillers during the treatment process * They are volunteer individuals who do not use medication İnclusion Criteria: * speak Turkish, and have Turkish literacy. * included lumbar * diagnosed with disc herniation with doctor's diagnosis * participants is between the ages of 20-55, * able to use mobile technology * willing to participate in the study individuals with
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Başkent Universty
Ankara, 06790, Turkey (Türkiye)
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