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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/09/094287 [Registered on: 04/09/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/07/2026
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Physiotherapy (Not Including YOGA) 
Study Design  Non-randomized, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effect of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercises among college students with nonspecific low back pain  
Scientific Title of Study   Effect of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercises on core endurance among college students with nonspecific low back pain  
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Sushma 
Designation  Post Graduate Student 
Affiliation  Yenepoya Physiotherapy College  
Address  Yenepoya Physiotherapy College, University Road,Deralakatte Mangaluru
Yenepoya Physiotherapy College, University Road,Deralakatte Mangaluru
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
575018
India 
Phone  9606792748  
Fax    
Email  sushmagk0202@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Sushma 
Designation  Post Graduate Student 
Affiliation  Yenepoya Physiotherapy College  
Address  Yenepoya Physiotherapy College University Road, Deralakatte, Mangaluru
Yenepoya Physiotherapy College, University Road, Deralakatte, Mangaluru
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
575018
India 
Phone  9606792748  
Fax    
Email  sushmagk0202@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Lourdhuraj I 
Designation  Professor and Principal  
Affiliation  Yenepoya Physiotherapy College  
Address  Yenepoya Physiotherapy College, University Road, Deralakatte, Mangaluru
Yenepoya Physiotherapy College University Road, Deralakatte, Mangaluru
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA
575018
India 
Phone  9940529169  
Fax    
Email  lourdhuraj@yenepoya.edu.in  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
NIL 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  sushma 
Address  Yenepoya physiotherapy college University road,Deralakatte Mangaluru 575018 
Type of Sponsor  Other [self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 2  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Sushma   Yenepoya physiotherapy college  Yenepoya(deemed to be)University University Road,Deralakatte Mangaluru
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA 
9606792748

sushmagk0202@gmail.com 
Dr Sushma   Yenepoya University   Yenepoya(deemed to be)University University Road,Deralakatte Mangaluru
Dakshina Kannada
KARNATAKA 
9606792748

sushmagk0202@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Yenepoya ethics committe-3  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Nonspecific low back pain 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercises  Participants will be trained by demonstrating dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercises after which all participants will be required to execute dynamic neuromuscular exercises consisting of a five minute warm up and five minute cool down The remaining 40 minutes will be divided into four ten minute parts The major exercises will be practiced for six weeks 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  25.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  College students aged between 18 to 25 years
College students with nonspecific low back pain
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Any specific pathology of low back diagnosed by a physician.
Any recent surgery on the lower back
Any neurological conditions
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Core endurance  6weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NIL  NIL 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="38"
Sample Size from India="38" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "38"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="38" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/10/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details
Modification(s)  
N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
THIS STUDY IS A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL 

THIS STUDY AIMS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF DYNAMIC NEUROMUSCULAR STABILIZATION EXERCISES ON CORE ENDURANCE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN

THE RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS AGED 18 TO 25 YEARS AT YENEPOYA (DEEMED TO BE) UNIVERSITY  THE EVALUATION WILL INCLUDE INCLUDE MCGILL ENDURANCE TEST FOR ASSESSING CORE MUSCLE ENDURANCE ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN DYNAMIC NEUROMUSCULAR STABILIZATION EXERCISES FOR 6 WEEKS

 
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