Design and setting
This study was a randomized controlled experimental trial and was approved by the Ethical Committee of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. The study was retrospectively registered in the Clinical Trials Registry (No: NCT05311839), and it was carried out between January 2021 and December 2021 at the outpatient clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. All the procedures used were conducted following the ethical rules of the Declaration of Helsinki.