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The Effect of Core Stability Training on Deep Stabilizing Muscles.

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Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

Status

Completed

Conditions

Low Back Pain, Mechanical
Low Back Pain, Postural
Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: Core stability training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04554563
USG TrA MF

Details and patient eligibility

About

Non-specific low back pain is the most cause of adult disability throughout life. Its prevalence widens in young adults. Background of this pathology can be multifactorial. One of the most common is poor core stability and overloading of the local tissues as a result.

Among treatment methods stabilizing training is commonly used with good effects. This form of therapy affects the transverse abdomen and multifidus muscles. To assess these structures several methods can be applied, e.g. sonofeedback.

Our hypothesis claims that the core muscles morphology will change over the training process duration, in result, the analgesic effect will be achieved.

Full description

Non-specific low back pain is the most cause of adult disability throughout life. Its prevalence widens in young adults. Background of this pathology can be multifactorial. One of the most common is poor core stability and overloading of the local tissues as a result.

Among treatment methods stabilizing training is commonly used with good effects. This form of therapy affects the transverse abdomen (TrA) and multifidus (MF) muscles. To assess these structures several methods can be applied, e.g. sonofeedback.

All participants will be randomly divided into two groups:

  1. Training group (TG)
  2. Control group (CG)

Outcome measure:

Pre- and post-therapy outcome measure will be done. It will include:

  • ultrasound (sonofeedback) of the TrA and MF
  • Oswestry Disability Index questionnaire (ODI)
  • subjective pain scale - Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

Intervention:

Core stability training including 4 exercise positions, each of 15 repetitions, 4 sets. Once a day, 5 times a week, 20 sessions in total (4 weeks).

Our hypothesis claims that the core muscles morphology will change over the training process duration, in result, the analgesic effect will be achieved.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • low back pain
  • age from 18 to 30 years old
  • written consent of the participants

Exclusion criteria

  • injuries of the spine
  • fractures of the spine
  • surgery interventions in the spine region prior to the study
  • psychiatric disorders
  • neurologic disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Training group
Experimental group
Description:
4-week core stability training
Treatment:
Other: Core stability training
Control group
No Intervention group
Description:
Standard physical therapy

Trial contacts and locations

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