A single blinded randomised controlled trial, conducted on 64 patients, equally divided into two groups, single centered study

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All random numbers will be enclosed in sealed envelopes. A third person (who will further not be the part of research) will open envelops and the patients will be allocated to the mentioned group accordingly. In this way the patient will get blinded to the allocated treatment group.

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Control group: The control group will receive conventional physiotherapy including electrotherapy and general exercise. The treatment will be performed as follows:1) Electrotherapy components will consist of 5 minutes of therapeutic ultrasound and 15 minutes of continuous transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation with concurrent hot pack 2) General exercise aimed at increasing the patient’s level of physical activity (including simple exercises such as short walks, stretching and strengthening of the major muscle groups, such as gluteus and rectus abdominis)