NCT05264311

Pilates in Women With Chronic Low Back Pain

Effect of a Pilates Exercise Program on the Flexion-relaxation Rate in Women With Chronic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a Pilates exercise program (PEP) on the flexo-relaxation ratio (FRR) of the erector spinae (ES) muscle during standing maximal trunk flexion/extension in women with chronic low-back pain (LBP). A secondary goal is to investigate the effect of PEP on full trunk flexion ROM (TFRoM), pain intensity and functional capacity and analyse their relationship with the FRR.

Detailed description

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a Pilates exercise program (PEP) on the flexo-relaxation ratio (FRR) of the erector spinae (ES) muscle during standing maximal trunk flexion/extension in women with chronic low-back pain (LBP). A secondary goal was to investigate the effect of PEP on full trunk flexion ROM (TFRoM), pain intensity and functional capacity and analyse their relationship with the FRR. Material and methods: Thirty women with chronic LPB were randomly assigned to either PEP (EG, n=15) or control group (CG=15). EG followed an 8-week PEP while no specific intervention was carried out on the controls. Before and after this period all variables were recorded.

Conditions

• Back Pain, Low

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pilates exercise program	The Pilates Exercise Program (PEP) (1 h x 2 sessions per week x 2 months) was delivered by one Pilates professional (with a mean of 6.5 years of experience in Pilates). The PEP carried out by Pilates instructor has been published in a previous study \[31\]. The exercises focused on core stability, posture, breathing, flexibility, strength, and muscle control, being the active awareness of the use of trunk muscles to stabilize the pelvic-lumbar region the main approach. The exercises performed were: the hundred, the rolled up, single leg circles with bent leg, spine stretch, rolling like a ball and single leg stretch. Each exercise was performed as follows: 4 repetitions of 30 seconds with 2 minutes of recovery between repetitions. In order to complete the 60 minutes session two exercises: the "superman" and the double leg bridge were added to the mentioned PEP.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-01
• Primary completion: 2020-07-01
• Completion: 2020-07-02
• First posted: 2022-03-03
• Last updated: 2022-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain