Clinical trial NCT05544188: Functional Pathologies of the Musculoskeletal System in Physiotherapy Students
Official title: Occurrence and Characteristics of Functional Pathologies of the Musculoskeletal System in Physiotherapy Students and the Possibility of Influencing Them
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Low Back Pain, Postural
Keywords: Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial
Motor Activity
Physiotherapy
Lead sponsor: Charles University, Czech Republic
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-09-16
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SCREENING

Brief summary: This study map the occurrence of functional pathologies of the musculoskeletal system in students of the bachelor's program of physiotherapy of the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, and aim on improvement of them.

Detailed description: The aim of this study is to map the occurrence of functional pathologies of the musculoskeletal system in students of the bachelor's program of physiotherapy of the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, and to examine their postural functions. Another goal is to teach the students of the experimental group how to remove functional pathologies of the musculoskeletal system and how to change their motor behaviour and postural functions so that the development of functional disorders no longer occurs.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Bachelor's study of physiotherapy at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University
* The presence of functional pathologies of the musculoskeletal system (verification by means of Trigger Points)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Serious cardiovascular or orthopedic dysfunction
* Neurological disease
* Reduced cognitive functions complicating examination and subsequent therapy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in Trigger Points at 3 months
timeFrame: Pre-assessment (baseline testing), Post-assessment (immediately after the end of three months).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in the Foot posture index at 3 and 15 month
timeFrame: Pre-assessment (baseline testing), Post-assessment (immediately after the end of three months), Follow up (at 15 months).
measure: Change in Foot morphology and flexibility at 3 and 15 month
timeFrame: Pre-assessment (baseline testing), Post-assessment (immediately after the end of three months), Follow up (at 15 months).
measure: Change in Postural stability at 3 and 15 month
timeFrame: Pre-assessment (baseline testing), Post-assessment (immediately after the end of three months), Follow up (at 15 months).
measure: Change in the subtalar joint flexibility at 3 and 15 month
timeFrame: Pre-assessment (baseline testing), Post-assessment (immediately after the end of three months), Follow up (at 15 months).
measure: Change in the foot progression angle at 3 and 15 month
timeFrame: Pre-assessment (baseline testing), Post-assessment (immediately after the end of three months), Follow up (at 15 months).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Prague
country: Czechia
facility: Department of rehabilitation, Third Faculty of Medicine
Study officials:
affiliation: Third Faculty of Medicine
name: Kamila Rasova
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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