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Efficacyof Pilates Exercises in Lowback Pain

NCT04135131 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-10-24

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Summary

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of pilates exercise by training the muscles responsible for core stabilization in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLPB); considering pain, functional level, depression, quality of life, and muscle thickness measured by Ultrasound Imaging and to compare it with home based exercise.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective, randomized-single blinded study included 60 female patients with CNLBP aged 18-60 years. Patients were randomized into 2 groups. The first group (n=30) performed pilates 3 days/week for 8 weeks. Sessions lasted about one hour and supervised by a pilates trainer. The second group (n=30) was given home exercise program 3 times/week for 8 weeks, each session lasting one hour. The evaluations were made both at the beginning and end of the treatment. Evaluation parameters included VAS (visual analogue scale), Oswestry Disability Index, Qubec Disability Scale, Short Form-36 (SF-36), Beck Depression Questionnaire, sit and reach test, Modified Schöber test, sit up test. Multifidus and abdominal muscle thickness were measured by Ultrasonographic Imaging.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pilates

Interventions

OTHER

pilates mat exercises and home exercises

Patients with low back pain were randomized into pilates (group 1) or home exercise group (group 2) 3 times/week for 8 weeks. Pilates mat exercise program comprised three sessions a week for 8 weeks (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), with each session being scheduled for 1 h (5-min warm-up, 50-min exercise, and 5-min cooling) and each set comprising 10 repetitions. The home exercise program included the pelvic tilt in the supine position, hamstring stretch, hip flexors and lumbar extensor stretch, bridge, strengthening the abdominal muscles, cat/camel exercises in the crawl position, leaning on the forearms in the prone position, strengthening the back extensors, and crossed-arms/legs lift exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2019-01-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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