NCT00201513

Anticipatory Muscle Control and Effect of Stabilizing Exercises in Patients With Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain

Randomized Controlled Trial of Stabilizing Exercises and Effect on Anticipatory Muscle Control in Patients With Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Muscular stability is essential to the spinal column to avoid harmful strain and injury to its structures. Sudden postural disturbances impose reactive internal forces through the spine. If the muscles do not react before the internal reactive forces propagate through the spine, there is a short fraction of time where the spinal column may lack sufficient muscular support. Studies have shown that in patients with low back pain deep abdominal and back muscle have a delayed response to reactive forces. The purpose of this study is to verify these findings and to investigate whether tailored interventions can improve the reaction time in stabilizing muscle around the lower spinal column i patients with subacute and chronic low back pain.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Isolated Transversus abdominis (TrA) exercise	Eight weeks Isolated Transversus abdominis (TrA) exercise(low load) program; Isolated TrA control through biofeedback
BEHAVIORAL	sling exercise	Eight weeks sling(high load) exercise program; Isolated TrA control through biofeedback
BEHAVIORAL	group exercise	Eight weeks non-specific group exercise program; Isolated TrA control through biofeedback

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2007-09-01
• Completion: 2008-10-01
• First posted: 2005-09-20
• Last updated: 2012-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway