The Effects of Dance Therapy in Women With Chronic Low Back Pain

Investigation of the Effects of Dance Therapy on Balance, Falling, Body Awareness and Functionality in Women With Chronic Low Back Pain

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of dance therapy on balance, falling, body awareness and functionality parameters in patients with chronic low back pain. As a result of our study, it is thought that dance therapy will positively affect balance, falling, body awareness and functionality in patients with chronic low back pain compared to conventional therapy.

H 1: Dance therapy improves balance in women with chronic low back pain.

H 2: Dance therapy reduces the risk of falling in women with chronic low back pain.

H 3: Dance therapy increases body awareness in women with chronic low back pain.

H 4: Dance therapy increases functionality in women with chronic low back pain.

H 5: Dance therapy provides more improvement in the parameters investigated compared to conventional therapy in women with chronic low back pain.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Low Back Pain; Chronic Pain; Chronic Low-back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Dance Therapy Group; Other: Pyhsiotherapy Modalities; Other: Exercise Group

Detailed Description

Individuals diagnosed with chronic low back pain and meeting the inclusion criteria are going to be included in the study. These individuals are going to be divided into groups as the odd numbers to study group and even numbers to the control group. Hotpack, ultrasound and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) are going to be applied to the patients in the both groups for 3 days a week for 2 months. Besides that, control group is going to perform 40-minute classical exercise program 3 days a week for 2 months. Study group is going to perform dance therapy protocol as indicated below;

• 10 minutes warm-up (stepping),
• 25 minutes of dance (such as; steps, figures using hip and knee flexions, hip circulation, and hip rotations)
• 5 minutes stretching (relaxation) exercises.

Demographic information form is going be filled out patients including information about; age, height (cm), weight (kg), occupation, educational status, bilateral leg length (cm), previous and present diseases, waist/hip ratio, previous surgeries, trunk range of motions, low back pain duration, smoking, falling story. Additionally, following questionnaires are going to be applied to both groups;

• Short Form Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire,
• Oswestry Disability Index,
• Body Awareness Ratio Questionnaire,
• Nottingham Health Profile Questionnaire,
• Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale,
• The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoL) Scale,
• Y balance test
• Time Up and Go (TUG) test

SPSS version 23 (SPSS Inc, Armonk, NY) program will be used in the analysis of the data. Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test and student t test will be analyse methods.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Gaziantep, Turkey
    • Hasan Kalyoncu University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion criteria;

• Those who agree to participate in the study voluntarily
• Having low back pain lasting longer than 3 months,
• Having values between 4 and 7 on the Visual Analog Scale.
• Female individuals between the ages of 18-65

Exclusion criteria; Those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 35 kg/m², pregnant women, those with following problems; neural findings, malignancy, inflammation, arthritis, metabolic bone disease, column vertebralis or lower extremity surgery, cardiovascular system diseases, severe osteoporosis, communication and hearing disorders, and those who illiterate, receive other treatment for low back pain.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dance therapy group; This group included in the dance therapy program throughout the study.	Other: Dance Therapy Group; Dance therapy group patients are going to be treated 3 days a week for 8 weeks. Patients who started treatment are going to be randomly divided into groups that includes four individuals, due to COVID-19 pandemic preventions. Dance therapy is going to be applied with individualized choreographies specially prepared for the patients, taking the expert opinion of the dance therapist. Choreographies of different dance genres (step/aerobic dance, zumba, salsa, bachata, oriental etc.) are going to be used in the program. Sessions are going to be with the practitioner in a bright, clean, empty and noiseless room in front of a full-length wall mirror. The practitioner is going to participate to dance therapy throughout the sessions, allowing patients to imitate movements. Session duration is going to be 40 minutes. Patients will be given a one-minute rest period during music transitions.; Other Names: Study Group; Other: Pyhsiotherapy Modalities; 20 minutes hotpack, 3-5 minutes ultrasound and 20 minutes conventional type Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) are going to be applied to lumbar region of all patients in prone position.; Other Names: Both Groups
Experimental: Control group; This group included in the conventional low back pain exercise program throughout the study.	Other: Pyhsiotherapy Modalities; 20 minutes hotpack, 3-5 minutes ultrasound and 20 minutes conventional type Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) are going to be applied to lumbar region of all patients in prone position.; Other Names: Both Groups; Other: Exercise Group; The patients in the control group is going to perform conventional low back exercises. The program of the patients will start with stretching and warming exercises, and will continue with strengthening exercises. Exercises planed for control group; Unilateral hip-knee flexion (self-assisted exercise); Bilateral hip-knee flexion (self-assisted exercise); Straight leg lifting with the aid of a sheet/rigid band; Posterior pelvic tilt; Bridge building exercise; Cat-camel exercise; Half shuttle in sagittal plane; Right and left rotational shuttle; Trunk hyperextension in prone position; Rotational exercise with hip-knee flexed in supine position Patients are going to do exercises with ten repetitions. As the sessions progressed, the number of repetitions will be increased.; Other Names: Control Group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in Y balance test score	Balance score is going to be assess by Y balance test to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in Time Up and Go test seconds	Falling risk is going to be assess by Time Up and Go test seconds to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in body awareness ratio score	Body awareness ratio score is going to be assess by Body Awareness Ratio Questionnaire to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in functionality score	Functionality score is going to be assess by Oswestry Disability Index to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in range of motion degree	Range of motion degree is going to be assess by goniometric measurement to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in waist/hip ratio	Waist/hip ratio is going to be assess by measuring tape from waist and hip circumference to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change From Baseline in Pain Scores	Pain score is going to be assess by Short Form Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in kinesiophobia score	Kinesiophobia score is going to be assess by Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in quality of life score	Quality of life score is going to be assess by WHOQoL Questionnaire to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks
Change from baseline in perceived health status score	Perceived health status score is going to be assess by Nottingham Health Profile Questionnaire to determine change from baseline.	8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hasan Kalyoncu University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): May 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): March 29, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 11, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 9, 2022
• Last Verified: August 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Balance; Low back pain; Chronic low back pain; Functionality; Dance Therapy; Falling risk; Body awareness
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2021/025

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No