The Effect of Exercises on Young Adults

January 30, 2019 updated by: asuman saltan, University of Yalova

Does The Pilates or Therapeutic Exercises Effects on Functional Level, Depression, Pain, Qualıty of Life in Young Adults

The aim of this study was to assess the treatment effect of plates and conventional exercises on health related quality of life, pain, functional level, psychological state in young adults. Randomised controlled study. Participants were randomly divided into 3 groups: a plates exercise group (n = 29), a therapeutic exercise group (n = 21), and a control group (n = 35). The therapeutic and plates groups underwent related training programs for 3 month, while the controls had no specific training. After demographic knowledge were collected the investigators carried out the following assessments on all participants: the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Waist/ Hip ratio (WHr), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Notthingham Health Profile (NHP). All subjects were evaluated at baseline and post-training.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

125

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 25 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• They were apparently healthy and had no systematic diseases or any problem preventing their participation in any exercise program.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having a systemic pathology, including inflammatory, rheumatologic, or metabolic diseases
  • Having any musculoskeletal injury, pathology, or structural deformity related to the spine or extremities
  • Having any active intervention including corticosteroid or any medication in the previous 3 months.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: training gruop
The plates exercise program is concerned with the following main principles: efficient breathing, mental concentration, relaxation, correct spine elongation and posture, correct abdominal muscle control over spine stability and mobility, correct function of each upper and lower limb, precision, lowing integrated movement, and achieving muscle strength and stamina.
Behavioral: training
plates and therapeutic exercises applied on young adults
Active Comparator: training group
Therapeutic exercise program was designed according to the American Collage of Sports Medicine's recommendations for healthy people. The exercise program was conducted using low- to moderate-intensity therapeutic exercises. These therapeutic exercises included a short educational talk that provided information on proper body mechanics, the benefits of exercise, realistic goal-setting, and overcoming common barriers (such as fear) when developing an exercise routine.
Behavioral: training
plates and therapeutic exercises applied on young adults
No Intervention: Control group
Participants in the control group have no exercise in this study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Assessment of changes in the pain
Time Frame: 12 weeks
A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to their level of pain subjects experienced throughout these activities. The VAS is comprised of a 10 cm horizontal line, wherein 0 indicates "no pain" and 10 indicates "unbearable pain" (Sang, Sang, Dong and Byung, 2016). Participants were asked to mark the strength of their ongoing musculoskeletal pain on the horizontal line.
12 weeks
Assessment of changes in the depression
Time Frame: 12 weeks
The Back Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to determine patients' level of depression; each item on the scale is given a score of one to three, allowing for a maximum test score of 63 according to form. A subjects' total overall score is then used as an indicator of the presence and severity of depression: a total score lower than 10 indicates no depression, a score of 10-17 indicates mild depression, a score of 18-29 indicates moderate-to-severe depression, and a score of 30 or above indicates severe depression (Muyan, Sancak and Demir, 2017).
12 weeks
Health related quality of life
Time Frame: 12 weeks
The Turkish version of the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) was used to assess participants' health-related quality of life. The NHP is a general quality of life questionnaire that measures individuals' perceived health problems and the extent to which these problems affect their normal daily activities. The questionnaire is comprised of 38 items and evaluates six dimensions of healthy individuals' health statuses, these include: energy (three items), pain (eight items), emotional reactions (nine items), sleep (five items), social isolation (five items) and physical activity (eight items). The test includes a list of yes/no questions. Each section yields a score between 0 and 100 for each subject, where 0 represents the best possible health status and 100 represent the worst possible health status (Liang, Wang and Tao, 2015).
12 weeks
Functional level
Time Frame: 12 weeks
The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaires were distributed to participants and scored according to the study by Yakut et al. The research authors noted that some of the questions on the ODI are directly related to physical activities (lifting, walking, etc.). The level of disability was evaluated using the ODI, which is a condition specific questionnaire regarding how low back pain affects activities of daily living. The questionnaire rates 10 different activities based on a six-point scale, with 0 for ''no pain at all'' and 5 for ''cannot perform due to pain''. The higher the score, the greater the disability the subject was deemed to have (Rodríguez-Romero, Bello, Vivas Costa and Carballo-Costa, 2018).
12 weeks
Assessment of changes in the Waist and Hip circumference
Time Frame: 12weeks
To find the waist/hip (WHr) ratio, participants' waist circumference was taken in centimeters (cm) using a tape measure to measure the point midway between the costal margin and iliac crest on the mid-axillary line, with the subject standing and breathing normally. Hip circumference (cm) was measured at the widest point around the greater trochanter. The waist-to-hip ratios of participants were calculated by dividing their waist measurement by their hip measurement (Tam and Çakır, 2012).
12weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Yalova

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: saltan, Researcher

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 4, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

January 31, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 31, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2019

Last Verified

January 1, 2019

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • UYalova

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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