Effect of Power's Program of Gluteus Maximus on LBP

Gluteus Maximus Training Using Power's Program in Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain

Low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent that causes significant pain and disability. Core muscles are important for LBP. One of them is gluteus maximus, but effect of power's program for this muscle and its role in LBP is lacking in literature, so this study aims to study the effect of power's program of gluteus maximus on LBP.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Group A; Other: Group B

Detailed Description

Chronic mechanical low back pain (CMLBP) is a common musculoskeletal dysfunction affecting 53% of Egyptian population and 1.4 to 20.0% worldwide.

which is a major social and economic burden. Patients with CMLBP experience time loss of work and recently became a workforce burden. Giving the fact that back pain is widely prevalent across Egyptian population and by addressing the functional deficits in those patients, Proper physical therapy intervention can help reducing such burden and improve over all work performance. The 'Powers Program' is a recent concept and it had been proven to be effective in improving lower extremity function and biomechanics. Up to the knowledge of the primary investigator, GMax strengthening using this program has not been conducted in patients with CMLBP. Studying this approach may benefit physical therapists by providing an evidence-based approach in treating patients with CMLBP through exercise therapy and improve functional performance of these patients therefore they can return to normal activities faster. Moreover, this study may benefit researchers interested in Gluteus maximus (GMax) muscle strength. We believe that this study may open up more rooms for future research to address such an important issue.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 52
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Alshaymaa AA Mohammed; Phone Number: 01096617838; Email: alshaymaa.mohammed2012@yahoo.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Recruiting
    • Central hospital of Alkhanka
    • Contact: Enas Fawzy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion criteria

• Both sex.
• Age 21-45 years.
• Chronic mechanical liw back pain for more than 3 years.
• Body mass index 18.4-29.9 kg/m^2.

Exclusion criteria

• Back pain due to specific pathology.
• postoperative
• Trauma to lower quadrant with past 6 months.
• Radicular pain. Lumbar instability.

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: Group A ( power's group); Patients will receive the eight phases of the power's program plus a conventional treatment of flexibility exercises, hot pack, transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS), prone resisted hip extension for 12 sessions (3 sessions per week for 4 weeks).	Other: Group A; the patient must attain the goal repetitions (and holds when required) at one level before progressing to the next level. The principal investigator will provide extensive education to the patient while progressing through the program. Three resistance bands will be used through the exercise progression; yellow band (low resistance), green band (moderate resistance) to blue band (high resistance). The patient will progress to more advanced level if he/she can sustain the position with high resistance band (blue) for one minute with three isometric holds of each exercise on each limb. three sets for 10 repetitions will be performed) Phases 1-3 of the program are focused on GMax activation. Phases 4- 5 are focused on GMax strength, and the final three phases emphasize functional applications of the GMax during ballistic tasks.; Other Names: Power's Program
Active Comparator: Group B ( control); Patients will receive a conventional treatment of flexibility exercises, hot pack, transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS), prone resisted hip extension for 12 sessions (3 sessions per week for 4 weeks).	Other: Group B; Flexibility exercises of the back muscles: knee to chest stretch, bridging, stretching exercises for hip flexors, piriformis, adductors and hamstring will be performed, with a hold of position for 30 s and with repetitions (3-5 times). Static stretches will be held for 30 seconds to induce changes in flexibility and will be repeated for three sets. Three sessions of stretching per week will be performed b. Prone resisted hip extension 10 repetitions for two sets. c. Hot pack: for 10 minutes. d. TENS: The electrodes will be placed over the area of most severe pain for 15 minutes.; Other Names: Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Severity of low back Pain	Using the Arabic version of visual analogue scale (VAS), the patient will mark on a 0-10 graphic rating scale in which the (0) value indicating no pain,	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Severity of low back disability	Arabic version of Oswestry Disability Index (ODI): Participants will choose the best answer reflecting their condition in each domain of ODI.	1 year
Gluteus maximus strength	GMax muscle strength assessment, the following procedure will be followed: Patient Position: prone with knee to be tested flexed to 90 degrees Clinician Position: mid-table on the side to be tested. Elbows in full extension and both hands fixed to stabilize the HHD. HHD Position: just proximal to the popliteal fossa of the limb to be tested Standard Command: "Go ahead, push-push push-push-push, and relax" Method of Testing: 2 trials of 5 second duration, isometric contraction.	1year
Single limb triple hop test for distnace:	Description: The distance a patient will travel when 3 maximal forward hops will be performed in succession.	One year
Single-Limb Crossover Hop Test for Distance	Description: The distance a patient will travel in seconds when 3 maximal crossover forward hops are performed. Measurement method: The patient will stand on one limb, with the toes on the starting line. The patient will perform 3 consecutive maximal hops as far as possible forward and land on the same limb while alternately crossing over a 15-cm strip on the floor. The distance hopped will be measured (in centimeter) from the starting line to the point where the patient's heel landed after the third hop.	One year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Enas Fawzy, professor, department of physical Therapy for musculoskeletal disorders

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): April 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): May 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 3, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 4, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 16, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 16, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 4, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Low back pain; Disability; Gluteus maximus; Power's program
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 012/003955

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