Clinical trial NCT06042218: Xiaxi Program for Back Health
Official title: New Back. Analysis of the Acute and Chronic Effects of a Program of Body and Postural Work Through "Xiaxi Aligns Your Health"
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Adults
No Sagittal Spine Disposition Disorder
No Surgery on the Spine or the Hamstring
No Specific Treatment for Spinal Pathology
Not Involved in Structured Exercise Programs Before or During the Time of the Study
Lead sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Universidad de Almeria
First posted: 2023-09-18
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Progressive deformity from the optimal spinal curvatures is a degenerative disorder related to progressive ageing that affects an increasing number of adults. This is one of the main affectations on the health of adults, being its cause multifactorial. That is why a totally effective intervention has not yet been found that allows obtaining a substantial improvement in all the adults who suffer from it. However, certain physical programs that include mind-body work have been effective, but research is limited and the results are inconclusive. For this reason, this research arises, in which a training protocol has been designed using an instrument called Xiaxi with which the body-mind work is prioritized.

The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate the effects of a 12-weeks Xiaxi® exercise program on the sagittal spinal disposition and hamstring extensibility of adults, and 2) to determine whether the weekly training frequency influenced the changes found on sagittal spinal disposition and hamstring extensibility with Xiaxi® training program.

The present investigation is composed of two data collections that will be carried out before and after a twelve-week intervention. Two intervention groups and a control group make up the sample, with one of the intervention groups attending Xiaxi training once a week and the other intervention group twice a week. The control group will only attend the measurements, but will not participate in the intervention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* adults from 20 to 60 years-old
* not have a doctor-diagnosed sagittal spine disposition disorder
* not have had surgery on the spine or the hamstring musculature
* not being under a specific treatment for spinal pathology
* not involve in structured exercise programs before or during the time of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* not being able to complete all the evaluations
* for members of the experimental group missing more than 20% of the sessions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sagittal spinal curvature in relaxed standing
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Sagittal spinal curvature in active alignment in standing
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Sagittal spinal curvature in relaxed sitting
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Sagittal spinal curvature during Macrae & Wright test
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Sagittal spinal curvature during sit and reach test.
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Sagittal spinal curvature during toe touch test
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Murcia
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Católica San Antonio
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