Mézières Therapy in the UCAM's Athletes With Low Back Pain

The Effectiveness of Mézières Therapy in the UCAM's Athletes With Low Back Pain

The purpose of this research study focuses on the re-harmonization of the kinetic chains and posture based on spinal muscular atrophy and global stretching while trying to test the effectiveness of Mézières therapy on sports subjects with low back pain.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Low Back Pain; Postural; Strain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Mézières Therapy for Low back pain

Detailed Description

The experimental study was conducted on 139 young athletes of National Rhythmic Gymnastics of Murcia, UCAM Murcia CF and UCAM Murcia CB/EBA during a six months period in the city of Murcia. Precisely, the Mézières therapy was conducted in an experimental group of 69 athletes and in a control group with other 70 athletes with Low Back Pain. This study is developed through a cycle of global stretching decompensate interventions on the athletes with postural alterations and vertebral pain at 95% confidence level. The statistical analysis was handled by using the univariate general linear model with the support of SPSS statistics.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 139
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• between 15 - 39 years
• athletes with low back pain lasting more than 1 month
• scoliosis
• kyphosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• presence of tumors or spinal metastases
• vertebral fractures
• osteoporosis
• infection or inflammation in acute diseases with involvement of the central nervous system
• herniated discs

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Control Group	Other: Mézières Therapy for Low back pain; Spinal muscular global stretching
Experimental: Mézières method	Other: Mézières Therapy for Low back pain; Spinal muscular global stretching

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
VAS (Visual Analogic Scale)	It consists in identifying the patient, on a 10 cm line, the point that best represents his pain, where 0 means no pain and 10 = worst possible pain.	6 months
Sit and Reach flexibility test	Designed to test the flexibility of lower back and hamstring muscles and is important as a result of lumbar lordosis, forward pelvic tilt and lower back pain. The score is recorded to the nearest inch/cm or inch/cm as the distance reached by the hand. For women, the lowest value is ˂ -15 cm and the highest is ˃ +30 cm. For men instead, the lowest value is ˂ -20 cm and the highest is >+27 cm.	6 months
Runtastic Performance Pedometer	- Runtastic PRO is an app aimed at recording fitness in many activities and sports. It captures all basic data: distance, average speed, speed between mile markers, altitude, pace, step between mile markers, duration, calories burned and route plotted on a map using Global Positioning System. The final result shows how many steps are made in the arc of the minute (st / 60sec).	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Roland-Morris Questionnaire (CRM)	Measures the physical disability of athletes and consists of 24 points of functional capacity of the back. The sense of progression is: the more serious the worse is the performance.	6 months
Health status questionnaire (SF-12)	The questionnaire consists in 12 items of the 8 dimensions of the SF-36 (124) such as: physical function (2), social function (1), physical role (2), emotional role (2), mental health (2), vitality (1), body pain (1), general health (1). Meanwhile response options forms Likert-type scales that evaluate intensity or frequency are achieved.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): May 20, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 19, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): February 21, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 19, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 17, 2019
• Last Verified: March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Low back pain; Athletes; Mézières method; Postural treatment
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: BB8334280

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No