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Effects of Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Dynamic Balance and Functional Performance in Adults With Low Back Pain

NCT03597191 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-01-02

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Summary

The investigators would like to know which one of two exercise programs will have a greater effect on balance, functional performance, daily function, and pain on individuals with low back pain (LBP) after 2, 4 and 8 weeks.

Specifically, the differences in dynamic balance, functional performance, pain intensity, and disability level will be compared between participants who receive spinal stabilization exercises program (SSE) and those who receive a general exercise program (GE) which includes range-of-motion (ROM) and flexibility exercises.

The research hypotheses are:

1. The SSE program will significantly improve dynamic balance and functional performance in adult participants with sub-acute and chronic LBP at two and four weeks as well as after an eight-week follow-up after initiating intervention.
2. The SSE program will significantly improve pain intensity and disability level in adult participants with sub-acute and chronic LBP at two and four weeks as well as after an eight-week follow-up after initiating intervention.
3. In adult participants with sub-acute and chronic LBP, the group receiving the SSE program will demonstrate significantly improved dynamic balance, functional performance, pain intensity and disability levels compared to the placebo group receiving the GE program at two and four weeks as well as after an eight-week follow-up after initiating intervention.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Chronic Low Back Pain
  • Subacute Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Exercises

Participants in the treatment group will be instructed in the spinal stabilization exercises (SSEs), modeled after the spinal stabilization exercise program designed by Hicks et al. (2005). The SSE program targets muscle activation of spinal stabilizers specifically, the transversus abdominus and lumbar multifidus muscles. Each exercise will be progressed by increasing repetitions and hold time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Physical Therapy Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • Texas Woman's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yousef M Alshehre, MSc. · Texas Woman's University

  • Khalid M Alkhathami, MPT · Texas Woman's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-25
Primary Completion
2018-11-11
Completion
2018-11-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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