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Adding Neural Mobilization to Traditional Physical Therapy for Lumbar Laminectomy Recovery

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February 2022

Adding Neural Mobilization to Traditional Physical Therapy for Lumbar Laminectomy Recovery

Vol: 191| Issue: 1| Number:3| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effects of adding neural mobilization to traditional physical therapy on pain, functional disability, and H-reflex in patients after lumbar laminectomy: A randomized controlled trial.

Clin Rehabil. 2022 Jan;36(1): 51-58.

Contributing Authors:
MA Sharaf SS Rezkallah KZ Fouda NM Gharib

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Synopsis

Sixty patients who received a lumbar laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis were randomized to receive a 6 week physical therapy program plus neural mobilization (n=30) or physical therapy alone (n=30). Outcomes of interest included pain scores (Visual Analog Scale), functional scores (Oswestry Disability Index), and H-reflex latency, measured upon completion of the 6 week intervention period. Res...

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