Impact of a Balance Reeducation Protocol on Pain, Function and Postural Control of Low Back Pain Patients

Centro Universitari Fieo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Balance reeducation plus general exercise; Other: General exercise only

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01342432

2008/069241

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of a balance reeducation protocol and an evidenced based protocol on pain, function and postural control of low back pain patients.

Full description

Both groups will perform general exercises for back pain (stretch and strength of paraspinal and abdominal muscles, plus exercises to enhance lumbar and pelvic flexibility but the balance or experimental group will perform in addition five minutes of exercises that challenge postural stability in the sitting position. The evolution of the two groups concerning pain level, function and postural control will be compared.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• must have low back pain longer than three months and age between 40 and 69 years old

Exclusion criteria

• balance or neuromuscular disorders, spine surgery, diabetes.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Balance reeducation plus exercise

Experimental group

Description:

exercises that challenge postural control are performed in addition to general exercises for stretch and strength of abdominal and paraspinal muscles

Treatment:

Other: Balance reeducation plus general exercise

General exercise only

Other group

Description:

general exercise for stretch and strength of paraspinal and abdominal muscles

Treatment:

Other: General exercise only