NCT05336500

Effectiveness of Education to Keep the Abdomen Relaxed Versus Contracted During Pilates

Effectiveness of Education to Keep the Abdomen Relaxed Versus Contracted During Pilates Exercises in Patients With Primary Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 152 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centro Universitário Augusto Motta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of education to keep the abdomen relaxed versus contracted during Pilates exercises in patients with primary chronic low back pain. Participants will be randomised into two groups that will be treated with Pilates exercises for 12 weeks. The control group will receive guidance on the specific activation of the center of strength (the powerhouse), while the experimental group will receive guidance to perform the exercises in a relaxed and smooth way. Primary outcomes will be pain intensity and disability 12 weeks post randomisation.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pilates method exercises	Participants will be randomised into two groups that will be treated with Pilates exercises for 12 weeks (twice a week for 60 minutes). The control group will receive guidance on the specific activation of the center of strength (the powerhouse), while the experimental group will receive guidance to perform the exercises in a relaxed and smooth way.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-06
• Primary completion: 2023-04-20
• Completion: 2023-07-21
• First posted: 2022-04-20
• Last updated: 2023-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil