Effects of Whole Body Vibrationin in Patients With Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Summary

After acute low back pain, one third of patients have chronic low back pain. A sedentary lifestyle is a leading cause of mechanical stress-related low back pain and exacerbates chronic low back pain. Balance disorders, postural adjustment disorder, abnormal spinal movements and related muscle imbalance are observed in individuals with chronic low back pain. Conservative treatment is mostly used in treatment. Langevin et al. stated that an abnormal and irregular thoracolumbar connective tissue structure is observed in chronic and recurrent low back pain. It has been said that physiotherapy and rehabilitation methods such as exercise therapy, massage, chiropractic and acupuncture provide changes in the biomechanical components of the affected connective tissue such as stiffness, viscoelasticity and density. Over the past 20 years, exercises with Whole Body Vibration (WBV) have begun to be used as an effective method for reducing pain. Exercises performed with WBV are thought to improve neuromuscular activation and increase muscle strength and joint stabilization. In non-specific chronic low back pain, increased tone is observed in the superficial back muscles. And based on this study, no study has been found examining the effect of vibratory exercise intervention on the tone of superficial back muscles that go into spasm due to pain. In this study, lumbar stabilization exercises, one of the most effective exercise methods in chronic low back pain, will be applied and exercises performed with vibration will have an additional effect.

It is aimed to reveal whether it creates or not. MyotonPRO (myometer) is a digital palpation device that can measure the viscoelastic properties of myofascial tissue. In measurements made with patients with chronic low back pain and healthy controls, While lumbar myofascial tissue elasticity was significantly low in patients; The tone of the lumbar extensor muscles was found to be significantly higher. However, this measurement has not been made before in studies conducted with WBV, which is one of the methods used to reduce pain in individuals with chronic low back pain.

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of exercises performed with WBV on the myofascial tissue of the lumbar region and the tone of the superficial back muscles, on pain, function, muscle strength, balance, proprioception and endurance parameters compared to the group exercising only.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Low Back Pain, Mechanical
• Low Back Pain, Postural
• Low Back Pain, Recurrent

Interventions

DEVICE

Whole body vibration

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of exercises performed with WBV on the myofascial tissue of the lumbar region and the tone of superficial back muscles, as well as to investigate the effects on pain, function, muscle strength, balance, proprioception and endurance parameters, compared to the exercise-only group.

BEHAVIORAL

lumbar stabilization exercises

The control group will undergo lumbar stabilization exercises twice a week for 6 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istinye University

  collaborator OTHER

• Istanbul University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Yıldız Analay Akbaba, Phd · Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

• Beyza Tanrıöğen, MSc (c) · Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-07-25

Primary Completion

2024-11-20

Completion

2025-02-06

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations