Posture Training for Middle Schoolers

June 5, 2026 updated by: Aslı Yılmaz, Amasya University

The Effects of Posture Training Given to Middle School Students on Back Pain and Body Posture: A Randomized Controlled Study

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if posture training can improve back pain and posture in middle school students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Can posture training reduce back pain in middle school students?
  • Can posture training improve body posture in middle school students?

Researchers will compare training and control groups to see if posture training reduces pain and improves body posture.

Participants will;

  • Fill a survey assessing pain and body posture at three time points: before the training, immediately after, and at the 1st and 3rd months
  • Attend three sessions of training on correct body posture and spinal health and its importance, and exercises to be done for spinal health

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This experimental study has been designed with a pre-test-post-test control group and repeated-measures. The data will be collected between October 15, 2025 and March 15, 2026. The study will be conducted in two Middle School in a region with a total students of 1170 in the 2024-2025 academic year. It is assumed that the population size will be similar, and a power analysis (0.80 power and 0.05 margin of error) has been conducted to estimate the sample size. As a result the target is to reach a total of 80 students, with 40 students in both the experimental and control groups, including a 20% attrition rate. The study will begin after the institutional permission, ethics committee approval, and written consent from the parents and verbal consent from the students. After the pre-test is completed, the students in the experimental group will be given training planned in a total of three sessions on correct body posture and spinal health and its importance, and exercises to be done for spinal health. The research data will be collected before and after the intervention, in the 1st and 3rd months. In the study, the data will be collected with the personal information form prepared by the researchers in line with the literature information and the Back Pain and Body Posture Assessment Tool, the validity and reliability of which has been studied in Turkish. In this study, the Statistical Package for Social Science for Windows (SPSS) package program will be used to analyse, examine and perform the analysis of the data.

In the data analysis, ordinal variables will be evaluated as arithmetic mean and standard deviation, minimum, maximum. As statistical analysis methods, Student's t test and one-way variance (One Way ANOVA), and Mann-Whitney U test will be used, and the significance level will be considered at p<0.05 level.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

27

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey (Türkiye)
      • Amasya, Turkey (Türkiye)
        • Amasya Serdar Zeren Middle School
      • Amasya, Turkey (Türkiye)
        • Amasya Yavuz Selim Middle School

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parental consent and voluntary participation
  • No physical or mental disabilities
  • Being a 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th-grade student
  • Marking inappropriate posture (incorrect answer) in at least 4 out of 5 posture-related questions in the Back Pain and Posture Assessment tool
  • Being present at school on the study days, with no excused absence or medical leave
  • Full participation in the training program and completion of the follow-up process after the pre-test

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Lack of parental consent
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the study
  • Failure to complete all three training sessions
  • Inability to attend school for any reason
  • Presence of a chronic condition that may cause back pain or posture disorders

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
No intervention will be applied.
Experimental: Training Group
The experimental group will be given training planned in a total of three sessions on correct body posture and spinal health and its importance, and exercises to be done for spinal health.
Behavioral: Posture Training
Training program consists of three sessions. It will cover proper body posture, the importance of spinal health, and targeted exercises to support spinal well-being.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Back pain
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 1 and Month 3
This will be assessed with a validated tool called Back Pain and Body Posture Assessment Tool
Baseline, Month 1 and Month 3
Body Posture
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 1 and Month 3
This will be assessed with a validated tool called Back Pain and Body Posture Assessment Tool
Baseline, Month 1 and Month 3

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Amasya University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Aslı Yılmaz, Dr, Vice Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 15, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 4, 2026

Study Completion (Actual)

June 4, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 26, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 27, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

April 3, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 8, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 5, 2026

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2025000051

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

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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