EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERMITTENT PELVIC TRACTION VS INTERMITTENT PELVIC TRACTION WITH SELF NEURAL MOBILIZATION ON LOW BACK PAIN ? A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Background: Low Back pain is common clinical condition encountered in a day to day Physiotherapy practice. Very few author has so far documented the efficacy of self neural mobilization ,but no literature av ailable SNM during Intermittent Pelvic Traction. Hence to find out the effect of same this study is done. Materials and Methods: Pre & Post Test Experimental Design, Physiotherapy Out Patient Department, MADHA Medical Col- lege Hospital and Research Centre, Kundrathur ? 600069. Participants and Intervention: 30 subjects, Two IPT protocol (with and without Self Neural Mobilization) Procedure: 30 subjects were randomly sampled and di- vided into 2 groups (Group A & B). Group A received only IPT (20 minutes, 20 seconds ? Hold time, 5 seconds- rest time) whereas Group B received IPT and self Neural Mobilization( Active Ankle Plantar & Dorsi f lexion movements) (only during Rest time). Results: Were analyzed with Visual Analogue Scale, Oswestry Disability Index, when comparing the Pre test and Post test values of VAS and ODI there is significant differen ce at 95% interval (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Self Neural Mobilization during Intermittent Pelvic Traction is effective in reducing Low back pain