Effects of 12-Week Clinical Pilates Exercises on Mechanical Low Back Pain
Effects of 12-Week Clinical Pilates Exercises in Young Adults With Mechanical Low Back Pain a Randomized Controlled Study
Objective: This study evaluates the effect of 12-week clinical pilates exercises on young adults with mechanical low back pain.
Design: This is a randomized controlled trial. Setting: This study was conducted in a university's physiotherapy and exercise practice laboratory.
Cases: A total of 63 mechanical low back pain volunteers were included. Interventions: Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group consisting of clinical Pilates exercises for 12 weeks (n = 31) or the control group not receiving any treatment (n = 32).
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Objective: This study evaluates the effect of 12-week clinical pilates exercises on young adults with mechanical low back pain.
Design: This is a randomized controlled trial. Setting: This study was conducted in a university's physiotherapy and exercise practice laboratory.
Cases: A total of 63 mechanical low back pain volunteers were included. The diagnosis of mechanical low back pain was made by a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician. Exercises are performed by an experienced physiotherapist with Clinical Pilates certification.
Interventions: Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group consisting of clinical Pilates exercises for 12 weeks (n = 31) or the control group not receiving any treatment (n = 32).
Leading measures: Dysfunction was evaluated with the Oswestry Dysfunction Index. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)7,9 is the most commonly used outcome-measure questionnaire for low back pain in a hospital setting. Low bak pain was evaluated with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). VAS is a tool used to help a person rate the intensity of certain sensations and feelings, such as pain. The visual analog scale for pain is a straight line with one end meaning no pain and the other end meaning the worst pain imaginable. And flexibility was evaluated with the sit and reach test test. The sit and reach test is a common measure of flexibility, and specifically measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles. Measurements were performed at baseline and the end of the 12th week of the study.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Adana, Turkey
- Cukurova University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 to 30 years of age; who had suffered from low back pain for at least three months; who had not used medication for low back pain in the last three months; who did not have a surgical history due to spinal problems; who did not have radiculopathy or other injuries such as fractures, stenosis or tumors in the spine; who had not received any treatment related to low back within the last six months; who had not previously continued pilates exercise; and who had sufficient physical autonomy to participate in the physical activities required by the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Volunteers who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
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Other: Control group
Patients assigned to the control group were given theoretical training and a brochure containing MBA information.
The control group patients participating in the evaluation session were recommended to be included in the same clinical Pilates training conducted by the intervention group after the study was completed.
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Participants in the experimental group were included in the clinical Pilates intervention, which consisted of three weekly sessions for 50 minutes for 12 weeks.
Clinical pilates sessions were performed by a clinically Pilates-certified instructor and a physiotherapist.
The intervention was divided into three sections.
Each session started with the warm-up section.
The warm-up part started with breathing exercises, pelvic tilt centering, activation of deep trunk and pelvic floor muscles, and joint mobility.
The Clinical Pilates exercises section consisted of matte level strength and flexibility exercises involving the trunk, upper and lower extremities.
Finally, a cooling part was done that included some flexibility exercises.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
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Prim Outcome - Oswestry Dysability Index
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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Pain-related functional competence was evaluated with the Oswestry disability index (ODI).
ODI is a questionnaire consisting of 10 questions measuring the severity of pain, personal care, lifting, walking, sitting, standing, social life, sleep, travel status, and cognitive status of pain.
Each question is evaluated between 0-5 points, and the ratio of the received score to the total answered question score gives the patient score.
It is known that functional competence decreases and disability increases as the total score increases.
It is interpreted as 0% to 20% - minimum disability 20% to 40% - moderate disability; 40% to 60% - severe disability; 60% to 80% - disabled 80% to 100% - bed-bound (or exaggerated symptoms).
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12 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Measure Description |
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Sec Outcome - Visual Analogue Scale
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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Visual analog scale (VAS) scores were recorded to inquire about the pain status from the participants' registration information.
In VAS, which is a horizontal line ten centimeters long, 0 indicates that there is no pain, while 10 indicates the most severe pain.
Studies showed that VAS scores for those with chronic musculoskeletal pain corresponded to mild pain, 3.5 to 7.4 corresponded to moderate pain, and 7.5corresponds to severe pain.
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12 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Chair: Erkan KOZANOGLU, Professor, Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Maher CG. Effective physical treatment for chronic low back pain. Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Jan;35(1):57-64. doi: 10.1016/S0030-5898(03)00088-9.
- Natour J, Cazotti Lde A, Ribeiro LH, Baptista AS, Jones A. Pilates improves pain, function and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2015 Jan;29(1):59-68. doi: 10.1177/0269215514538981. Epub 2014 Jun 25.
- Patrick N, Emanski E, Knaub MA. Acute and chronic low back pain. Med Clin North Am. 2014 Jul;98(4):777-89, xii. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.03.005.
- Stoll J. THE LUMBAR SPINE: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, R.A. Orthopedics. 1982 Oct;5(10):1378-82. doi: 10.3928/0147-7447-19821001-15. No abstract available.
- Manchikanti L, Singh V, Falco FJ, Benyamin RM, Hirsch JA. Epidemiology of low back pain in adults. Neuromodulation. 2014 Oct;17 Suppl 2:3-10. doi: 10.1111/ner.12018.
- van Tulder M, Malmivaara A, Esmail R, Koes B. Exercise therapy for low back pain: a systematic review within the framework of the cochrane collaboration back review group. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Nov 1;25(21):2784-96. doi: 10.1097/00007632-200011010-00011.
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- Cp12wMlb
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