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Effects of Yoga Thai massage and conventional stretching in women with low back pain

Comparative study of Yoga Thai massage effects and conventional stretching in women with low back pain: controlled clinical trial, randomized and blind

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-2fjdnt
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-04-02
Start date
2019-08-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Participants will be randomized into three groups: Yoga Thai massage (8 participants), conventional stretching (8 participants) and control group (8 participants). In the treatment groups, Yoga Thai m
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Sponsors

Instituto Federal do Paraná
Lead Sponsor
Instituto Federal do Paraná
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
20 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women between 20 and 40 years old; They must have complaints of nonspecific low back pain for more than 1 month; Do not practice any physical activity that favors the improvement of low back pain and / or flexibility (yoga, pilates, stretching classes); Accept to be part of the research by signing the free and informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Have lower back pain for less than 1 month; Have any diagnosis of degenerative pathology in the lumbar spine/hip; Previous previous surgeries: such as hip prosthesis, fixation of vertebrae by means of metal plates and screws; Present sciatic nerve irradiation evaluated by Lasègue test Present associated pathologies, such as: inflammatory processes of the bursa and tendons; Have a congenital diseases; Having uncontrolled hypertension and thyroid disorders; Be pregnant; Diagnosis of neoplastic pathology.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain improvement, assessed by the Visual Numerical Pain Scale, based on the decrease in the number on the scale in the measurements before and after the intervention;Increased flexibility, assessed by the third finger to the ground test, Stibor test, modified Schober test, Wells bench, popliteal angle test and Thomas test, based on the increase, in centimeters of linear tests and degrees of angular tests, in the measurements before and after the intervention;Improvement in functionality, assessed by the Owestry questionnaire, based on the finding of a decrease in the questionnaire's score, in the evaluations before and after the intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in quality of life, measured by the SF-36 questionnaire, based on the verification of the decrease in the questionnaire's score, in the evaluations before and after the intervention

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMadeline Pivovarky

Instituto Federal do Paraná

madeline8497@gmail.com+55 41 996559581

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)