Postural; Defect
Conditions
Keywords
Global postural reeducation, Stabilometry, Postural Sway, Range of motion, Personality traits
Brief summary
Determine the influence of a treatment with Global Postural Reeducation techniques and the personality traits in the stabilometric parameters
Detailed description
This study is realized with university students. For a first objective of this study, all the participants complete the big five questionnaire to determine their personality traits and then the subjects are analyzed with a stabilometric platform and cervical/lumbar range of motion (ROM) to determine their basal parameters. The personality traits and the basal stabilometric parameters like the postural sway, will be crossed to investigate a possible relation. For a second objective, the randomized study of the effectiveness of the Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) in the stabilometric parameters, the subjects are divided in a experimental group or in a control group. Experimental group is treated in a 45 minutes GPR session, with three postures: the first is for stretch the anterior muscular chain with the patient lying supine on a couch with arms at 45 degrees, hips open, and feet in opposition on top of the couch. This posture is maintained 25-30 minutes. In the second GPR posture, to stretch the posterior muscular chain, the subject is positioned with legs elevated, for 12-15 minutes. Third position is with the participant in upright standing posture 2-5 minutes to integrate the postural corrections. During all the time, the physiotherapist uses manual therapy for stretch the muscles under the official rules of GPR techniques. Group control do not receive any technique. After the time of the intervention or no intervention, a second measure of stabilometric parameters and ROM is taken. After this first day, two days later and seven days later, the measures are repeated to determinate the permanence of the effects of GPR techniques. The improvement will be assessed by calculating indicators of clinical relevance: relative risk (RR), absolute risk reduction (AR). The results will be compared statistically to determine some possible relation. The confidence intervals (CI) will be calculated for the most relevant parameters. The analysis will be made with a statistics program (SPSS 19.0)
Interventions
PROCEDUREGlobal Postural Reeducation
Experimental group is treated in a 45 minutes GPR session, with three postures: the first was for the anterior muscular chain with the patient lying supine on a couch with arms at 45 degrees, hips open, and feet in opposition on top of the table. This posture is maintained 25-30 minutes. The second GPR posture, to stretch the posterior muscle chain, the participant is positioned with legs elevated, for 12-15 minutes. Third position is with the participant standing and 2-5 minutes to integrate the postural corrections. During all the time, the physiotherapist use manual therapy for stretch the muscles under the official rules of GPR techniques. Group control do not receive any technique.
Sponsors
Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* College students spend 4 hours or more per day sitting
Exclusion criteria
* College students do not spend 4 hours or more per day sitting. * Subjects with a traumatic problem, injuries, in the moment of the study, or subject in treatment of this injuries
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Centre of pressure displacement in standing position | Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after | Displacement antero-posterior and lateral of COP measured with a platform of pressures |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lumbar and cervical range of motion | Before intervention, 10 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after | Cervical and lumbar inclinometer for goniometry |
| Percentage of load distribution in standing position | Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after | Load distribution between feet measured with a platform of pressures |
| Plantar pressures distribution in standing position | Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after | Plantar pressures distribution in each foot measured with a platform of pressures |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Big Five personality traits questionnaire (spanish version) | Before intervention | Auto-reported questionnaire for individual score in the five broad dimensions of personality: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed