Pilates in Women With Chronic Low Back Pain

University of Valencia

Status

Completed

Conditions

Back Pain, Low

Treatments

Other: Pilates exercise program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05264311

UV-INV_ETICA-1292671

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

45 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

lumbar or lumbosacral pain (with or without radicular pain) for at least six months;
a score higher than 6/50 on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
absence of any back treatment for the last three months.

Exclusion criteria