Pilates Method in Helicopter Pilots With Low Back Pain

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: Pilates Group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05401513

LCCB2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of an exercise program, based on the Pilates method, on the low back pain and muscle fatigue of Brazilian Air Force helicopter pilots.

Full description

Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial composed by Brazilian Air Force helicopter instructors. The volunteers will be submitted to an initial evaluation composed by painful sensation, analyzed through the Numerical Pain Scale, disability associated with low back pain, using the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, and back muscle fatigue, through the Ito test. The pilots will be randomly assigned to the Exercise Group (exercise program based on the Pilates method, twice a week for 12 weeks) and Control Group (no intervention). After the sixth and 12th week of the beginning of the intervention program a new evaluation will be carried out, identical to the initial one.

Enrollment

16 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 38 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Brazilian Air Force helicopter instructors - Natal Air Base;
Nonspecific low back pain for more than 3 months with a score of 2 or more at Numerical Pain Rating Scale.

Exclusion criteria

Be undergoing physiotherapeutic treatment during the study period;
Corticosteroids treatment in the last two weeks;
Anti-inflammatory treatment in the previous 72 hours;
Have specific spinal pathologies, such as spondylitis, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, disc herniation with radiculopathy or those who have had spinal surgery in the last year or who have a recent history of spinal fracture.