NCT03529864

Effects of Therapeutic Exercise on Quality of Life

Effects of Therapeutic Exercise on Health-related Quality of Life and Disability in Students: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade da Coruña · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The main objective was to determine the efficacy and safety of a therapeutic exercise program for students. Secondary objectives, determine the prevalence and intensity of musculoskeletal pain (MSP), disability, Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), and satisfaction and perceived improvement with program.

Detailed description

Methodology: randomized, controlled, open clinical trial. Subjects were recruited from students of Degree of Physiotherapy. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were established. Physical Component Summary (PCS) of SF36, as primary outcomes, was taken to the sample size. Randomization was single-blind. Secondary response variables were measured through the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale, Oswestry Disability Index, Neck Disability Index, trunk flexor endurance test and finger-floor distance test. An assessment pre and post intervention was performed. This consisted of a therapeutic exercise program based on the stabilization, 9 sessions of 1 hour. For statistical analysis, the Shapiro-Wilk test, Student's t test or test MannWitney, the statistic (X2) chi-square or Fisher's exact test were applied. The level of significance was taken as p \<0.05. Information sheet and informed consent model was delivered.

Conditions

• Physical Therapy
• Health Promotion
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise Therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-03
• Primary completion: 2014-10-10
• Completion: 2016-10-01
• First posted: 2018-05-18
• Last updated: 2018-05-18