Clinical trial NCT02255695: Effects of a School-based Exercise Program on Posture, Trunk Range of Motion, and Musculoskeletal Pain
Official title: Effects of a School-based Exercise Program on Posture, Trunk Range of Motion, and Musculoskeletal Pain - A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders
Keywords: posture
child
prevention
muscle strength
muscle stretching exercises
exercise therapy
disease management
musculoskeletal pain
adolescent
spinal curvatures
Lead sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.
name: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
First posted: 2014-10-02
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a school-based exercise program on posture, trunk range of motion and musculoskeletal pain in schoolchildren. This study was a Randomized controlled trial. The hypothesis was that the exercise group would have the postural deviations corrected, would have the trunk range of motion increased and would have the prevalence of pain decreased, while the control group would have not. Three schools from Brazil participated. The students that have been included (n=300) were randomly allocated to experimental (EG) or control group (CG). The intervention for EG consisted in a program based on stretching and strengthening exercises, applied twice a week, for eight weeks, with group sessions of 50 minutes. CG did not perform any intervention. Qualitative and quantitative postural evaluation (PAS/SAPO), musculoskeletal pain (self-report) and trunk mobility were collected.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: to attend elementary school and deliver the consent term signed by the parents.

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Exclusion Criteria: presence of disability on musculoskeletal or neurological system, exercise intolerance or attendance less than 50% in the exercise sections

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in the qualitative postural assessment from the baseline
timeFrame: Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in the quantitative postural assessment from the baseline
timeFrame: Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks
measure: Changes in trunk range of motion from baseline
timeFrame: Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks
measure: Changes in the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain from baseline
timeFrame: Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: São Carlos
country: Brazil
facility: Universidade Federal de São Carlos
state: São Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
name: Mariana V Batistão, Master
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
name: Tatiana O Sato, Doctorade
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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