Evaluation of Isostretching Effects in Patients With Mechanical and Postural Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT01314157

Last Updated: 2022-08-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 54 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2011-11-30

Brief Summary

Isostretching is effective in treating chronic back pain to improve pain, quality of life and functional capacity.

Detailed Description

Objective: This study investigated the influence of isostretching on patients with chronic low back pain. Methods: It was a randomized, controlled trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis, and blind assessment. Fifty-four patients with chronic low back pain were randomized to an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group performed isostretching twice a week for 45 days, while the control group remained on the waiting list for physical therapy. Patients were submitted to evaluations at baseline, after 20 and 45 days of treatment with regard to pain, quality of life, functional capacity, and satisfaction. Results: The experimental group exhibited statistically significant improvements in comparison to the control group with regard to pain (p = .003), functional capacity (p = .026), patient satisfaction (p < .001), and quality of life as determined by the functional capacity (p = .012), physical aspects (p = .011) and pain (p = .006) subscales of the SF-36. The experimental group used a significantly lesser amount of pain medication than the control group (p = .03). Conclusion: Isostretching was effective in reducing pain and in improving function, patient satisfaction and some aspects of quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain.

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Physiotherapy treatment technique

Randomized clinical trial controlling and using at the time of allocation, toss with sealed envelopes, sealed and opaque. The study group will be dealt with "technical isostretching"

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Isostretching

Intervention Type: OTHER

12 interventions (two times per week) for 45 minutes

Patients remained on the waiting list

Randomized clinical trial controlling and using at the time of allocation, toss with sealed envelopes, sealed and opaque. The study group will be dealt with control group.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Isostretching

12 interventions (two times per week) for 45 minutes

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Strengthening and stretching exercise during expiration.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals diagnosed with chronic low back pain with pain located between the last rib and the gluteal fold over 12 weeks;
• Mechanical back pain that worsens with exertion and relieved by rest;
• Pain between 3 and 8 cm measured by analog pain scale.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects who presented pain root
• Fibromyalgia
• Severe scoliosis with abnormal alignment of the spine (Cobb angle> 40); Tumors in the column; Infiltration in the lumbar spine in the last three months; Previous surgery of the spine (patients return to work or process expulsion)
• Have changed or initiated physical activity in the last three months
• Body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Erika Rosangela Alves Prado

Mestra em Ciências da Saúde Aplicada a Medicina Reumatológica

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Erika Rosângela A Prado, Specialist

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas

Locations

Erika Rosangela Alves Prado

Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

1-Prado

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id