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Effectiveness of Education to Keep the Abdomen Relaxed Versus Contracted During Pilates

NCT05336500 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 152

Last updated 2023-08-08

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Summary

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of education to keep the abdomen relaxed versus contracted during Pilates exercises in patients with primary chronic low back pain.

Participants will be randomised into two groups that will be treated with Pilates exercises for 12 weeks. The control group will receive guidance on the specific activation of the center of strength (the powerhouse), while the experimental group will receive guidance to perform the exercises in a relaxed and smooth way. Primary outcomes will be pain intensity and disability 12 weeks post randomisation.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Pilates method exercises

Participants will be randomised into two groups that will be treated with Pilates exercises for 12 weeks (twice a week for 60 minutes). The control group will receive guidance on the specific activation of the center of strength (the powerhouse), while the experimental group will receive guidance to perform the exercises in a relaxed and smooth way.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-06
Primary Completion
2023-04-20
Completion
2023-07-21

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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