Health Services for the Aged, Low Back Pain, Accidental Falls
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria over 19 years; low back pain for at least 12 weeks; pain scale between 3 and 7 by the Rolland-Morris questionnaire.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: As exclusion criteria medical contraindication that presents some risk; physical and / or mental disability; fracture; or serious soft tissue injury in the 6 months prior to the study; as well as history of neurological; cardiovascular or respiratory alterations; vestibulopathies and peripheral neuropathy; high blood pressure; diabetes or any uncontrolled chronic disease. Being in rehabilitation treatment (acupuncture; physical therapy; global posture rehabilitation; pilates; yoga and others). Individuals with low back pain classified as "severe disability"; according to the questionnaire translated and validated in Portuguese Rolland Morris; whose sum is equal to or greater than 14 points; which indicates severe disability. (Mascarenhas, 2011) Unwillingness to complete study requirements; or to be randomized into intervention groups; more than two absences.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is hoped to identify improvement in the postural control tests, as well as in the lumbopelvic stability and muscular endurance of the elderly after the intervention.It also improves lower back pain and fear of falls.;It is expected to identify different postural control strategies between young and old individuals | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is hoped to identify after the practices of lumbar stabilization exercises that individuals present different postural strategies, generating more postural stability when compared to the tests before the intervention.;It is hoped to identify that individuals with better results in the core resistance tests, have different postural control of individuals with lower scores in the core muscle endurance tests. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade de São paulo