Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Motor control exercises have demonstrated a good option for recovery from chronic low back pain. The purpose of this study is investigated the effectiveness of an exercise program for trunk stabilization performed in stable and unstable surfaces for people with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NCLBP). Patients will be randomly divided into 3 groups; control group will receive placebo treatment with shortwave; stable group will receive an exercise protocol to stabilize the trunk on a stable surface and unstable group will receive the same exercise protocol but performed on an unstable surface. We hypothesized the unstable group will present pain reduction and functional improvement.
Interventions
OTHERPlacebo
Shortwave
OTHERStable surface exercises
Stable surface exercises
OTHERUnstable surface exercises
Sponsors
University of Nove de Julho
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Non-specific low back pain * Sedentary * Previous low back pain last 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* Traumatic, inflammatory, infectious or tumours etiology * Positive neurological findings (leg pain) * Pregnancy * Previous spine or lower limb surgery * Contraindicated for short-waves aplication
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale | 4 weeks |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Primary ContactAndré S Bley, MS
Outcome results
None listed