Clinical trial NCT06131138: Aquatic Exercises VS Core Strengthening on Disability, Flexibility and Postural Stability in Weightlifters.
Official title: Effects of Aquatic Exercises and Core Strengthening on Disability, Flexibility and Postural Stability in Weightlifters With Chronic Low Back Pain.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hydrotherapy
Core Stability
Resistance Training
Low Back Pain
Keywords: Aquatic exercises
Core strengthening
Weightlifters
chronic low back pain
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-11-14
Enrollment: 33
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized clinical trials
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The study is randomized and single blinded.Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah international university, Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A and group B through sealed envelope method by non probability convenient random sampling technique. Subjects in group A will receive aquatic exercises. Group B will receive core strengthening.

Detailed description: The objective of the study is to determine the effects of aquatic exercises verses core strengthening on disability, flexibility and postural stability in weightlifters with chronic low back pain. The study is randomized and single blinded. Ethical approval is taken from ethical committee of Riphah international university Lahore. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated in group A and group B through sealed envelope method by non probability convenient random sampling technique. subjects in group A will receive Aquatic exercises. Group B will receive Core strengthening. The outcome measures will be assessed by modified Oswestry Low back disability index , Modified finger_tip to floor method and New York Posture Rating Chart. The data will be analyzed by SPSS, Version 25. Statistical significance is P=0.05.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age of participants between 20-35 years
* Experienced male weightlifters from past 6 months to in practice.
* Participants must have chronic low back pain for at least three months before enrollin

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with significant back pain who need rapid medical or surgical treatment.
* History of respiratory or heart diseases
* Water related anxiety or inability to adapt to aquatic environment.
* Participants with prior back surgery i.e. had surgery within six months.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Disability
timeFrame: Pre and 6 week post international
measure: Flexibility
timeFrame: Pre and 6 weeks post interventional
measure: Postural stability
timeFrame: Pre and 6 weeks post interventional
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sargodha
country: Pakistan
facility: Firehouse fitness gym
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Study principal investigator
name: Laraib Iqbal, DPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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