Effect of Exercises on Pain, Functional Disability and Lumbar Stability in Patients With Low Back Pain

Effects of Core Stabilization Exercises With and Without Ball on Pain, Functional Disability and Level of Lumbar Stability in Patients With Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03527524

Enrollment

Registered

2018-05-17

Start date

2015-02-28

Completion date

2015-06-30

Last updated

2018-05-17

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Conditions

Exercise

Keywords

exercise

Brief summary

The purposes of this study are to compare the effects of core stabilization exercises on pain intensity, functional disability and lumbar stability between using and not using the Swiss ball in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain.

Detailed description

For Patient Registries: The participant was screened for inclusion criteria and was asked to sign the informed consent prior to participate. A randomized control trial was performed with participants randomly divided into one of the two treatment groups: core stabilization exercise with ball and core stabilization exercise without ball by using sealed envelopes.

Interventions

OTHERexercise with ball

exercise with ball

OTHERexercise without ball

exercise without ball

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 68 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male and female with low back pain (LBP) \> 3 months 2. Body mass index (BMI) = 18-25 kg/m2 3. Non-specific LBP (pain at the lower lumbar between costal margin but not below gluteal fold) 4. Willing and able to perform exercise programs 5. No cognitive impairment 6. Age at least 19 years

Exclusion criteria

1. Having experiences in the core stabilization exercise and Swiss ball exercises 2. Past history of back and abdomen surgery 3. Recent fractures of spine, hip or lower limb 4. Current use of steroids or any other drugs for resolving back pain 5. Red flags (fractures, cancer, infection, cauda equine syndrome) 6. Pregnancy 7. Neuromuscular or respiratory disorders 8. Rheumatologic disorders 9. Hip and knee stiffness 10. Pain intensity \> 60 of 100 mm assessed by the VAS

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain scale	4 weeks	a 0-100 mm of horizontal line (Visual analog scale) assessing pain intensity - reported the distance measured in millimeters from the left hand side of this line to the point that participant marked

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Questionnaire scores of functional disability measure	4 weeks	Thai modified Oswestry Disability Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire
Levels of lumbar stability	4 weeks	isometric abdominal contraction assessing lumbar stability

Outcome results

None listed

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