NCT07047287

Global Postural Reeducation Versus Pilates in Patients With Non-specific Low Back Pain

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

to compare between Global Postural Reeducation and Pilates mat on pelvic angles, pain intensity, hip flexibility and Functional disability in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain

Detailed description

Chronic low back pain is a common health problem in many developed and developing countries. Individuals suffering from chronic low back pain experience major physical, social, mental, and occupational disruptions. It is not only one of the leading causes of pain but also of a costly burden on the health care budget as chronic low back pain leads to a frequent demand for medical services. The majority of patients (up to 90%) are categorized as having nonspecific low back pain.Global postural reeducation (GPR) is a conservative treatment that we can consider as a global postural exercise method, and widely used in physical therapy clinical practice in many countries. Pilates is a concept of body and mind exercise and a system of repetitive exercises including whole-body movements, breathing, centering, rhythm, and concentration. Pilates is a mindful approach exercise that promote strength, stability and is used for health enhancement and in several diseases.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	global postural reeducation exercise	The global postural reeducation exercise involves a sequence of active, moderate postures as well as exercises that are designed to realign joints, stretch shortened muscles, in addition, strengthen the contraction of the antagonist's muscles to prevent postural asymmetry. There are eight different therapeutic postures in the GPR approach that should be held for 15 to 20 min while lying, sitting, or standing. Only two or three postures have been proposed to encourage treatment standardization+ conventional therapy
OTHER	pilates exercises	the patients will receive pilates in the form of single leg stretch + Pelvic press + Swimming + Opposite arm and leg reach + Side to side), 3 sets of 10 repetitions
OTHER	conventional therapy	the patients will receive conventional physiotherapy treatment which consists of routine physical therapy eg. (Back, hamstring, calf and hip flexors stretches, Abdominal curl up exercises etc along with ultrasound and Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-30
• Primary completion: 2025-09-30
• Completion: 2025-09-30
• First posted: 2025-07-02
• Last updated: 2025-07-02