Effects of Clamshell Versus Gluteal Bridge Exercises

Effects of Clamshell Versus Gluteal Bridge Exercises on Low Back Pain, Gluteal Strength and Disability Due to Prolonged Sitting in Females With Gluteal Amnesia

Gluteal amnesia is a "condition" where the individual is believed to have lost the ability to contract their gluteal muscles - generally the gluteus maximus, though some report it as the gluteus medius. This can take many different names, such as "dead butt", "sleeping glutes", or glutes that are "turned off".Since the gluteus medius normally helps stabilize the pelvis, gluteal amnesia can lead to lower back pain and hip pain, as well as knee and ankle issues, as the body tries to compensate for the imbalance.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Lower Crossed Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: clamshell exercise; Other: Gluteal Bridge exercises

Detailed Description

A Randomized controlled trial will be conducted at Jinnah Hospital Physiotherapy Clinic & Boston Physiotherapy and wellness Clinic through consecutive sampling technique on 32 patients which will be allocated through simple random sampling through sealed opaque enveloped into group A & group B. Group A will be treated with clamshell exercises at the frequency of 3 sets with 10 repetitions 3 times/ week with baseline treatment. Group B will be treated with gluteal bridge and baseline treatment. Baseline treatment for both groups will be given Hot pack at low back for 10 minutes and Quadriceps and hamstring stretching 3 times with 30 seconds hold. Outcome measures will be conducted through pain, disability and quality of life questionnaire after 6 weeks. Data will be analyzed during SPSS software version 21. After assessing normality of data by Shapiro -Wilk test, it will be decided either parametric or non-parametric test will be used within a group or between two groups.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Punjab
    • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54000
      • Jinnah Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Female between the ages of 20 to 40 years

  • Prolonged sitting hours >4 hours.
  • Examination- Symptoms provoked by low back movement.
  • Positive Gluteal strength test
  • Positive SLR for hamstring tightness
  • Positive Thomas test for Rectus femoris tightness.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Osteoporosis

  • Malignancy
  • Vertebral fractures
  • Pervious or scheduled surgery
  • Trauma
  • Pregnancy
  • Psychological conditions

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Group A: Clamshell Exercise; Group A will be treated with baseline treatment and clamshell exercises. Lie on your side with your knees slightly bent and with one leg on top of the other. Keep your feet together and lift your top knee until its parallel with your hip. Lower your knee back to the initial position, repeat, and then switch sides. In 1st week 1 sets 10 repetitions. In 2nd week 2 sets of 10 repetitions. In 3rd and 4th week and onwards 3 sets of 10 repetitions.	Other: clamshell exercise; For clamshell exercises, Lie on your side with your knees slightly bent and with one leg on top of the other. Keep your feet together and lift your top knee until its parallel with your hip. Lower your knee back to the initial position, repeat, and then switch sides. In 1st week 1 sets 10 repetitions. In 2nd week 2 sets of 10 repetitions. In 3rd and 4th week and onwards 3 sets of 10 repetitions
Active Comparator: Group B: Gluteal Bridge exercise; Group B will be treated with baseline treatment and Gluteal Bridge exercises. Start flat on your back with your legs bent at a 90-degree angle and feet placed flat on the ground. Make sure your toes are turned outward at 45-degree angles and your knees are facing in the same direction as your toes. Drive down through your feet and push your hips up. You should feel this variation fatiguing the outer portion of your thighs. Make sure you keep your knees over your toes throughout the entire movement. Don't let them move forward over the toes. In a controlled motion, let your hips sink back down toward the ground. This completes 1 repetition. Perform 3 sets of 15 repetitions, or 3 rounds of a 30-second hold.	Other: Gluteal Bridge exercises; Start flat on your back with your legs bent at a 90-degree angle and feet placed flat on the ground. Make sure your toes are turned outward at 45-degree angles and your knees are facing in the same direction as your toes. Drive d

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Numerical Pain Rating scale (NPRS)	The numerical Pain Rating scale (NPRS) assesses the pain in the gluteal region. Pain is assessed using a Numeric pain rating (NPRS). The scale ranges from 0 to 10. 0 indicates "no pain", and 10 indicates "worst Pain. mild pain score 1 to 3 moderate pain score 4 to 7 severe pain score with interference with functioning. 8 to 10	upto 4 weeks
Oswestry disability score	Oswestry Disability score is used to measure low back disability. Each ten item is scored from 0 to 5, and the total is added and multiplied by 2. Therefore, the ODI ranges from 0 to 100. A higher score on the ODI indicates a more severe disability caused by LBP. Oswestry Disability Index will evaluate disability for disability. This questionnaire will be used to assess disability. It comprises 10 items, 7 related to daily activities, 2 related to pain, and 1 related to concentration. Each item scores from 0 to 5. The total score is expressed as a percentage with higher scores related to more significant disability	upto 4 weeks
Quality of Life EQ-5D	EQ-5D Health-Related Quality of Life Question checked the quality of life of the patients. Descriptive system for health-related quality of life states in adults, consisting of five dimensions (Mobility, Self-care, Usual activities, Pain & discomfort, Anxiety & depression), each with five severity levels described by statements appropriate to that dimension. The scale ranges from 100 ('the best imaginable health state' or 'the best health state you can imagine') to 0 ('the worst imaginable health state' or 'the worst health you can imagine'). This is used to obtain a respondent's stated preference values, not to record their own health state.	upto 4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Samrood Akram, Mphil, Riphah International University,Lahore

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 5, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 8, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): March 10, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 3, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 30, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 29, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pain; disability; gluteal weakness; gluteal amnesia
• Other Study ID Numbers: REC/RCR & AHS/23/0128 UMIA

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