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Effects of Different Kinds of Exercise in Low Back Pain

NCT06330961 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2025-05-18

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Summary

Low back pain is considered one of the great global challenges in public health due to its high prevalence. Exercise have been shown to cause an increase in pain thresholds, through the effect known as exercise-induced hypoalgesia. Little is known about exercise-induced hypoalgesia induced by different modalities of exercise in low back pain, and its possible effects in lumbopelvic biomechanics.

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effect of exercise-induced hypoalgesia after an isometric, aerobic and a sham/ placebo exercise in non-specific low back pain. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does an isometric exercise intervention cause exercise-induced hypoalgesia in non-specific low back pain patients?
* Is the effect of an isometric exercise intervention comparable to that of aerobic exercise?
* Is a placebo/ sham intervention also effective to reduce pain thresholds in these patients?
* Do healthy subjects show the same effects in pain thresholds as low back pain patients ? Participants will perform an isometric, aerobic and placebo/ sham exercise intervention in three different recording sessions. Before and after the interventions, pain intensity, pain-pressure thresholds and lumbopelvic biomechanical parameters during trunk flexion-extension will be recorded.

Researchers will compare a group of low back pain patients to an age-, gender- and anthropometrics-matched control group of pain-free subjects to see if exercise-induced hypoalgesia is also observed when there is no low back pain diagnosis.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Isometric exercise

Biering-Sorensen maneuver.Participants will be in a prone position with the anterosuperior iliac spines on the edge of a stretcher. Their lower body will be strapped by the ankles and hips, with the upper body suspended. Participants will keep their trunk extended and parallel to the ground for 60 seconds.

OTHER

Aerobic exercise

After adjusting height, pedals and backrest in a cycloergometer, there will be 20 minutes of cycling, of which 5 minutes will be a warm-up at 50-60% of maximum heart rate and 15 minutes at 60-70% of maximum heart rate. There will be a constant monitoring of heart rate and oxygen saturation.

OTHER

Placebo intervention

A maneuver equivalent to Biering-Sorensen test, but with upper limb support on a level step and electromyographic monitoring to ensure minimal activation of the erector spinae. It will be explained to the participant that the aim of such an intervention is to cause electromyographic silence of the erector spinae and keep it for 1 minute.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Sánchez-Zuriaga, PhD, MD · University of Valencia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-08
Primary Completion
2025-05-13
Completion
2025-05-13

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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