Plyometric Exercise Training in Athletes With Chronic Low Back Pain

Ugur Cavlak

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Treatments: Other: CLASSIC PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAM; Other: PLYOMETRIC TRAINING

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06369558

BiruniUniversi

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of plyometric exercise training in the athletes with chronic low back pain. 32 professional volunteer athletes participated in the study.

Full description

Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain assessment and Oswestry Disability Index for disability level will be used. Sit and Reach Test, Vertical Jump, Flamingo balance test and Shuttle Running test (20 min.) will be used to measure the physical functioning of the participants. Manual Muscle testing will also be used to measure the participants' lower and upper muscles. The participants were divided into two groups. The interventional program will be finished after 6 weeks (3 days a week). The program includes; physical therapy session (Hot packed, vacuum interferential current therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, exercises) and plyometric exercises.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 18-25
• Being a licensed athlete (male of famele)
• Low back pain is chronic and lasts at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• Having had back pain or any surgery that caused it in the last year.
• Having cardiovaskular disease
• Doping and using banned substances.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

PYLOMETRIC

Experimental group

Description:

PLYOMETRIC TRAINING

Treatment:

Other: PLYOMETRIC TRAINING

CONTROL

Active Comparator group

Description:

CLASSIC PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAM

Treatment:

Other: CLASSIC PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAM

Other: PLYOMETRIC TRAINING