NCT02103036

Valuation of the Low Back Pain Treated With Different Types of Active Exercises in Women

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Rovira i Virgili · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is determine whether the Core Stability Exercise is more effective than the traditional Back School for low back pain (LBP) in women.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to check what kind of exercises are the best to treat LBP with regard to clinical improvements. The secondary objectives are: to determine which treatment is more effective in improving pain in the fewest sessions possible, to determine the involvement of inflammatory biomarkers in the development of pain and revalue the results after one month of having finishing treatment. The project is a longitudinal, single-blind and randomized study with two treatment groups: GROUP 1: Infrared light+ Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) + Core Stability Exercises. GROUP 2: Infrared light + Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) + Traditional Back School. Duration of treatment: 4 weeks. The participants will performe the exercises in 20 daily sessions (Monday to Friday) guided by a physiotherapist. Following treatment with the physiotherapist, the participants should perform the exercises at home for 4 weeks at a rate of three times per week.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Core Stability Exercises (CSE)	The increase in intra-abdominal pressure stiffens and strengthens the relevant structural support around the spine, compacts the arthrogenic structures and in combination with abdominal contraction, it can encourage a rigid cylinder and stiffness to occur around the spine. The relevant anatomy in these type of exercises are deep muscles like transversus abdominous, multifidus or pelvic floor. The participants will have to do 10 different exercises. They will have to perform from 8 to 10 repetitions of every exercise, guided by a physical therapist. They will be recommended about making some series more at home, three days a week, when the treatment was finished.
PROCEDURE	Traditional Back School	The back school exercises are based in the traditional activity used for improve the back pain symptoms using the breathing with the stretching of the trunk muscles, the erector spinae reinforcement, the abdominal reinforcement or the postural movements. The participants will have to do 10 different exercises. They will have to perform from 8 to 10 repetitions of every exercise, guided by a physical therapist. They will be recommended about making some series more at home, three days a week, when the treatment was finished.
DEVICE	TENS	Used equipment: MEGASONIC 313 P4 (Carin). Application program number 15: analgesic TENS with stimulation of afferent fibers. Type of current: two-phase TNS. Width of the impulse: 70µs. Frequency of the impulse: 100Hz. Train: Not. Pause / pause activates: Not. Time of treatment: 20 minutes.
DEVICE	Infra-red	Used equipment: INFRA - 2000 (Enraf Nonius) with the following parameters: 230 V / 50-60 Hz / 1.2 A

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2014-04-03
• Last updated: 2014-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain