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Investigation of the Effect of Different Intensity Stabilization Exercises on Core Muscles

NCT06227767 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-08-07

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Summary

Chronic low back pain, which individuals have difficulty coping with in the modern age and is one of the most common reasons for applying to health institutions, has important consequences for individuals and society. Approximately 80% of individuals experience low back pain throughout their lives, and 10-20% become chronic. Low back pain causes varying degrees of restrictions in individuals' daily living activities, modification or reduction of movements due to pain. This situation causes the pain to continue and causes the functional level to decrease in individuals with low back pain. There are many approaches to the treatment of chronic low back pain, and among these, exercise treatments have been shown to be effective in reducing pain and improving functionality. Spinal stabilization exercises, which have an important place among current exercise approaches for chronic low back pain, ensure the formation of a neutral position in the spine by activating the core muscles consisting of multifidus, transversus abdominis, diaphragm and pelvic floor muscles. Perception of neutral position is provided and applied in daily living activities. In this way, pain is reduced and functionality increases by providing appropriate loading. What kind of changes occur in the core muscles due to the strengthening of the core muscles as a result of spinal stabilization exercises is an important question that needs to be clarified scientifically. It is possible to observe the mechanical changes occurring in the core muscles with shear wave elastography, which has been frequently used in clinical research and practice in recent years. However, in the detailed literature review, no scientific studies were found that evaluated what level of exercise intensity produces optimal changes in the muscle and the correlation of these changes with pain and functional improvement. In this study, where different intensities of exercise will be applied, the mechanical changes occurring in the core muscles before and after exercise will be evaluated with shear wave elastography and the aim is to evaluate the correlation of these changes with pain and pain

Conditions

  • Chronic Low-back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

spinal stabilization exercise

The exercise program will be implemented in the hospital under the supervision of a physiotherapist for 6 weeks, and the next 6 weeks will be followed as a home program. The first group will be given an exercise program 2 days a week, the second group will be given an exercise program 4 days a week. The exercise program is planned to be 40 minutes and the first 5 minutes of the program will be warm-up and the last 5 minutes will be cool-down exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hasan Kalyoncu University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • abuzer akbas · hasan kalyoncu university faculty of health science

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-22
Primary Completion
2025-02-26
Completion
2025-03-13

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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