Ultrasound Assessment During Exercise (Redcord RUSI)

University of Virginia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Core stability exercise; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01015846

14046

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the ability of the transverse abdominis (TrA) to contract during and after two different types of exercise - either sling based exercise or traditional core stability exercise. The TrA is measured by real time ultrasound imaging. The investigators hypothesized that the sling based exercise would activate the TrA to a greater degree and that there would be a greater activation after the exercise.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Low back pain with stabilization classification

Exclusion criteria

• Fractures, neurological condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Core stability exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Traditional core stability exercise

Treatment:

Other: Core stability exercise