Xiaxi Program for Back Health

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Adults; No Specific Treatment for Spinal Pathology; No Sagittal Spine Disposition Disorder; No Surgery on the Spine or the Hamstring; Not Involved in Structured Exercise Programs Before or During the Time of the Study

Treatments: Behavioral: Xiaxi intervention program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06042218

UALBIO2023/005

Details and patient eligibility

About

Progressive deformity from the optimal spinal curvatures is a degenerative disorder related to progressive ageing that affects an increasing number of adults. This is one of the main affectations on the health of adults, being its cause multifactorial. That is why a totally effective intervention has not yet been found that allows obtaining a substantial improvement in all the adults who suffer from it. However, certain physical programs that include mind-body work have been effective, but research is limited and the results are inconclusive. For this reason, this research arises, in which a training protocol has been designed using an instrument called Xiaxi with which the body-mind work is prioritized.

The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate the effects of a 12-weeks Xiaxi® exercise program on the sagittal spinal disposition and hamstring extensibility of adults, and 2) to determine whether the weekly training frequency influenced the changes found on sagittal spinal disposition and hamstring extensibility with Xiaxi® training program.

The present investigation is composed of two data collections that will be carried out before and after a twelve-week intervention. Two intervention groups and a control group make up the sample, with one of the intervention groups attending Xiaxi training once a week and the other intervention group twice a week. The control group will only attend the measurements, but will not participate in the intervention.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adults from 20 to 60 years-old
• not have a doctor-diagnosed sagittal spine disposition disorder
• not have had surgery on the spine or the hamstring musculature
• not being under a specific treatment for spinal pathology
• not involve in structured exercise programs before or during the time of the study

Exclusion criteria

• not being able to complete all the evaluations
• for members of the experimental group missing more than 20% of the sessions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental group who trained one day a week

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention group will attend a weekly sixty-minute training session with the Xiaxi machine during the twelve weeks of the intervention. The sessions will include flexibility and strength-resistance work, as well as postural awareness.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Xiaxi intervention program

Experimental group who trained two days a week

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention group will attend two weekly sixty-minute training sessions with the Xiaxi machine during the twelve weeks of the intervention. The sessions will include flexibility and strength-resistance work, as well as postural awareness.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Xiaxi intervention program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

They will not attend any type of intervention. They will continue to perform their daily activities without intervention.