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Anticipatory Muscle Control and Effect of Stabilizing Exercises in Patients With Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT00201513 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2012-10-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Muscular stability is essential to the spinal column to avoid harmful strain and injury to its structures. Sudden postural disturbances impose reactive internal forces through the spine. If the muscles do not react before the internal reactive forces propagate through the spine, there is a short fraction of time where the spinal column may lack sufficient muscular support. Studies have shown that in patients with low back pain deep abdominal and back muscle have a delayed response to reactive forces. The purpose of this study is to verify these findings and to investigate whether tailored interventions can improve the reaction time in stabilizing muscle around the lower spinal column i patients with subacute and chronic low back pain.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Isolated Transversus abdominis (TrA) exercise

Eight weeks Isolated Transversus abdominis (TrA) exercise(low load) program; Isolated TrA control through biofeedback

BEHAVIORAL

sling exercise

Eight weeks sling(high load) exercise program; Isolated TrA control through biofeedback

BEHAVIORAL

group exercise

Eight weeks non-specific group exercise program; Isolated TrA control through biofeedback

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ottar Vasseljen, PhD · National center for spinal diseases

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-09-30
Completion
2008-10-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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