Clinical trial NCT03880370: RELATIONSHIP OF LUMBOPELVIC MUSCULATURE WITH FUNCTIONAL TESTS IN NON-PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WITH LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION
Official title: RELATIONSHIP OF LUMBOPELVIC MUSCULATURE WITH FUNCTIONAL TESTS IN NON-PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES WITH LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Herniated Lumbar Disk
Sciatica
Keywords: ultrasound
functional test
herniated lumbar disk
low back pain
Lead sponsor: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-03-19
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Men and women between 18 and 55 years old. Non-professional sports practice equal to greater than 3 hours per week

Brief summary: This is a control-case study. It has been designed to determine if there is a relationship between the cross sectional (thickness), through RUSI ultrasound, of the abdominal muscles, lumbar and hip muscles with the results of the functional tests, to determine its relevance in patients with low back pain and / or ciatalgia and lumbar disc herniation in non-professional athletes. The secondary objectives of the study will be to know if there is a relationship between the results of ultrasound measurements and functional tests with the result of the disability questionnaires, the amount of pain and its location, as well as determine the relevance, depending on the results of ultrasound measurements and test of the presence or not of a lumbar disc herniation.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria:

* Age 18 to 55 years of age.
* Sports practice equal to greater than three hours per week.
* No low back pain or ciatalgia in the last 12 months.

Exclusion criteria:

* Traumatic process or surgery in the lower back or lower limb in the last year.
* Alterations of the skin or local infection in the area to be examined or that impedes the ultrasonographic measurement or performance of the functional tests.
* Peripheral or central neurological pathology.
* Psychiatric pathology and / or cognitive alterations.
* Inflammatory and tumor diseases.
* Alterations that prevent the understanding of the indications and / or the performance of the tests.

Group selection criteria:

* Group 1(group without low back pain): No low back pain or ciatalgia in the last 12 months.
* Group 2 (low back pain group): History of at least one episode of low back pain and / or ciatalgia in the last 12 months lasting no longer than three months and diagnosis of hernia lumbar disc using MRI.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Ultrasound changes in muscle cross-sectional area produced of the transversus abdominis.
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Ultrasound changes in muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) produced of the internal oblique.
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Ultrasound changes in muscle cross-sectional area (CSA)produced of the external oblique.
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Ultrasound changes in muscle cross-sectional area (CSA)produced of the rectus abdominis.
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Ultrasound changes in muscle cross-sectional area (CSA)produced of the lumbar multifidus.
timeFrame: 5 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Ultrasound changes in muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) produced of the gluteus medius.
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Functional test. Star excursion balance test (SEBT)
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Functional test. Side bridging test
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Functional test. Modified biering-sørensen
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Functional test. Prone bridging test
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: VAS escale
timeFrame: 1 minute
measure: Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: The Owestry Disability Index
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Global Questionnaire on Physical Activity (GPAQ)
timeFrame: 5 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
name: Gustavo Plaza Manzano, Pt PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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