NCT05664022

Effect of Global Postural Reeducation on Low Back Pain Patients With Lower Cross Syndrome

Effect of Global Postural Reeducation on Low Back Pain Patients With Lower Cross Syndrome. Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will be conducted toinvestigate the effect of Global Postural Re-education on low back pain patients with Lower cross syndrome

Detailed description

Lower cross syndrome is common, with up to 85% of low back pain cases due to long-term postural faults (Lower crossed syndrome) and it has a negative result on our society. Global Postural Re-education (GPR) is an intervention that is used frequently for chronic low pain to improve pain and function. 50 low back pain patients with lower cross syndrome will be assigned randomly into 2 groups, Group A will receive a Global Postural Re-education approach and consists of 15 treatment sessions of Global Postural Re-education approach, performed 2times/week for 1 hour including patient education. Each treatment is individualized for every patient and for his/her pain-related limitation. Each session includes only 2-3 postures to increase the standardization of treatment. Group B will receive the conventional treatment in form of exercise program of (abdominal and pelvic floor strengthening) and (stretching exercise of back and hip flexor muscles) to improve pain and function in chronic low back pain patients

Conditions

• Low Back Pain, Postural

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Global postural reeducation	The GPR involves a series of active gentle movements and postures aimed at realigning joints, stretching shortened muscles, and enhancing the contraction of antagonist's muscles, thus avoiding postural asymmetry. The GPR method includes eight therapeutic postures, lying, sitting or standing, to be held for 15/20 minutes each. Postures can be variously combined during sessions. Postures are chosen on the basis of some parameters, such as the amount of pain, load capacity and age of the patient, and muscle chains to be stretched. to increase the standardization of treatment, it will be proposed only 2 or 3 postures.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-10
• Completion: 2023-06-10
• First posted: 2022-12-23
• Last updated: 2023-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt