Gentle joint moves may ease stubborn low back pain
NCT ID NCT07441018
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a manual therapy called Mulligan mobilization with movement for people with low back pain caused by a sacroiliac joint problem. 41 adults received either this technique plus standard care or standard care alone. Researchers measured pain, disability, and range of motion to see if the mobilization helped more than usual treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Mulligan mobilization with movement (a manual therapy technique)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this technique could offer a non-drug way to ease low back pain and improve movement for people with sacroiliac joint issues.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 41 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The therapy is manual and depends on the practitioner's skill.
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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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41 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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 30 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Numeric pain rating score from 3 to 7 (Pain around or close to the sacral sulcus) * Patients with a minimum of 3 positive results from among the 5 provocation tests that show sacroiliac joint dysfunction. * Fuctional Leg length discrepancy. * Using no other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during the therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Prolapsed intervertebral disc (PIVD) * Lumbar canal stenosis * Tumors or any traumatic condition to pelvis and lower limb. * Lumbar surgery within a year prior to the study or reported vertebral fracture, * Pregnancy * Ankylosing spondylitis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gosh-e-Shifa Hospital and Al Raheem Physiotherapy Centre, Lahore.
Lahore, 56700, Pakistan
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