Aquatic Exercises for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Aquatic Exercises Versus Aquatic Exercises Associated to Deep Water-running for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02422693

Enrollment

120

Registered

2015-04-21

Start date

2015-06-29

Completion date

2017-05-10

Last updated

2017-07-11

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Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Keywords

hydrotherapy, aquatic

Brief summary

The goal of this study is to compare the effect of aquatic exercises (AEG) to the aquatic exercises plus aerobic training (deep-water running) (AEDWRG) on functional status and pain in patients with specific chronic low back pain.

Detailed description

In general, the population will have at least one episode of low back pain during their lifetime, with recurrence in most cases. Several treatments have been proposed for these patients and the evidence is still not clear about the effectiveness of aquatic exercises when compared to other modalities of exercises in the water. This study will be a randomized controlled trial following the Consort-Statement principles. The subjects, aged between 20 and 50 years, after signing the informed consent will be randomly allocated to one group treatment: aquatic exercises (AEG) or aquatic exercises associated to deep-water running (AEDWRG). The duration of the protocol will be set at 12 weeks, 3x-week.

Interventions

OTHERAquatic Exercises

Exercises performed in the water.

OTHERDeep-water running

It is a non-impact form of running executed in place in (higher than 2 meters) the water wearing a flotation belt. Heart rate is controlled by heart rate watch

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Exclusive diagnosis of chronic low back pain (more than 12 weeks)

Exclusion criteria

* Central nervous system disease * Pregnant * Fear of water

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in Roland-Morris Questionnaire	baseline and 9 weeks	Functionality

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in Pain status	baseline and 9 weeks	Pain

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026