The Effect of an Acute Bout of Exercise on Pain Sensitivity and Clinical Pain in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

Taif University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low-back Pain

Treatments: Other: Single bout of exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05779748

BIS-23-00007-11012023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this interventional study is to investigate the efficacy of an acute bout of exercises on pain sensitivity (primary aim) and clinical pain intensity (secondary aim) among adults with Chronic Low Back Pain. The following question will be answered in this research Q1: Is acute bout of exercise effective in reducing pain among adults with Chronic Low Back Pain?

Participants who agree to participate and sign the informed consent will be randomized to one of three groups:

Group 1: Isometric exercise with neutral language and no verbal suggestion consisting of 1 rep of wall squat, 3 min or to volitional fatigue at 100° knee angle;(n=30).

Group 2: Isometric exercise with neutral language and no verbal suggestion consisting of 3 reps of wall squat, 3 min or to volitional fatigue at 100°degree knee angle, 30-sec rest between rep, ;(n=30).

Group 3 (Control group): true control (do nothing);(n=30).

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. aged 18 years or older; and
2. diagnosed with chronic non-specific LBP (lasting for more than 12 weeks).
3. Able to perform physical therapy exercises.

Exclusion criteria

1. pregnancy.
2. patients who have neurological compromise (e.g., cauda equine syndrome or spinal nerve compromise).
3. Patients who have spinal pathologies (e.g., fracture, ankylosing spondylitis)
4. Uncontrolled diabetic.
5. who has any history of heart disease (e.g., myocardial infarction, embolism)
6. Orthopaedic impairment (e.g., balance problems)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Isometric exercise-one repetition

Experimental group

Description:

Isometric exercise consisting of 1 session only. The session will last for around 5 minutes which will include asking the patient to do 1 repetition of wall squat for 3 min or to volitional fatigue at 100° knee angle. Intervention: Other: Single bout of exercise

Treatment:

Other: Single bout of exercise

Isometric exercise-three repetitions

Experimental group

Description:

isometric exercise consisting of 1 session only. The session will last for around 10 minutes which will include asking the patient to perform 3 repetitions of wall squats (each time the exercise will be performed for 3 min or to volitional fatigue at 100°degree knee angle); the patient will be given 30-sec rest between repetitions. Intervention: Other: Single bout of exercise

Treatment:

Other: Single bout of exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Will not receive any intervention