Clinical trial NCT01468298: Global Posture Reeducation (GPR) Compared To Isostretching in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
Official title: Comparing the Global Posture Reeducation With Isostretching in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Keywords: back pain
physical therapy
spine
rehabilitation
exercise
Lead sponsor: Centro Universitario de Maringa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2011-11-09
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in posture, flexibility, muscle strength, functional capacity, heart rate(HR), peripheral oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and intensity of pain in chronic low back pain underwent to Isostretching and GPR.

Detailed description: It was selected 40 patients, from 40 to 59 years old, with chronic low back pain from CESUMAR Physiotherapy Clinic-Schoo. These were evaluated before and after treatment regarding posture by SAPO computer program; flexibility for lumbar Schober testing, sit and reach; muscle strength by dynamometry for trunk extensors and the maximum repetition test in a minute to abdominal and trunk extensors; functional capacity by Rolland-Morris Questionnaire; pain by visual analog scale; heart rate(HR) by polar frequencymetric; peripheral oxygen saturation by Finger Pulse Oximeter; and systolic and diastolic blood pressure with a Sphygmomanometer. The sample was divided in two groups (1-GPR with 11 patients, 2-Isostretching with 10 patients). All patients were accompanied by an individual treatment program composed by 12 sessions of 45 minutes, twice a week. It was considered statistically significant p values \<0.05 obtained from the Student's t test.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients with non-specific LBP in its chronic phase (pain lasting more than 12 weeks), from 40 to 60 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

* scheduling conflicts
* lack of transportation
* disease that compromises their health during the treatment
* uncontrolled hypertension
* fibromyalgia
* history of spinal surgery in the last six months
* patients with neurological diseases
* individuals who demonstrate inability to understand or physical restraint for the exercises.

Primary outcomes:
measure: functional capacity
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Posture
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
measure: flexibility
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
measure: muscle strength
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
measure: heart rate(HR)
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
measure: peripheral oxygen saturation
timeFrame: Before and after 10 sessions and for every 15 minutes in therapyPatients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks..
measure: systolic blood pressure
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks..
measure: diastolic blood pressure
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
measure: Intensity of Pain
timeFrame: Patients will be followed for the duration of 10 sessions, an expected average of 5 weeks.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Maringá
country: Brazil
facility: Centro Universitário de Maringá
state: Paraná
Study officials:
affiliation: Centro Universitario de Maringa
name: Ligia M Facci, doctor
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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