Kettlebell Swings & Low Back Pressure Pain Threshold

NCT ID: NCT03696615

Last Updated: 2018-10-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-12-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a high intensity kettlebell workout, utilizing a Tabata protocol format, can decrease objective measures of pain pressure threshold in subjects without low back pain. The results of the study could have implications for the use of high intensity kettlebell workouts in the rehabilitation of patients with low back pain.

Detailed Description

The kettlebell swing is a full body, posterior-chain focused, ballistic exercise shown to register large recruitment of the gluteal muscles, which are frequently weak in a patients suffering from low back pain. The Tabata protocol is a high-intensity training protocol in which subjects perform 20 seconds of all out effort (i.e. as many swings as possible), followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated for a total of eight rounds. The rapid contraction-relaxation cycles utilized in the kettlebell swing are theorized to aid in the pumping out of muscle metabolites in the low back musculature, thus providing potential relief of chronic low back pain.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Tabata Kettlebell Swings

Participants in this group performed:

1. A brief dynamic warm-up (10 clockwise and counterclockwise arm circles, 10 horizontal arm swings, and 15 air squats)

2. Receive instruction on the kettlebell swing

3. Performed a high-intensity workout in a "Tabata Kettlebell Swings" format, which involves 20 seconds of all out effort followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated for a total of 8 times.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Tabata Kettlebell Swing Workout

Intervention Type: OTHER

See description of experimental arm.

Control Group

Participants in this group performed:

1. A brief dynamic warm-up (10 clockwise and counterclockwise arm circles, 10 horizontal arm swings, and 15 air squats)

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type: OTHER

see description of control arm

Interventions

Tabata Kettlebell Swing Workout

See description of experimental arm.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control

see description of control arm

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Those subjects between the ages of 18 and 45
• No current low back pain or pre-existing injuries that may be currently affecting them
• No positive response on the Health History questionnaire and PAR-Q.

Exclusion Criteria

• Current low back pain
• Pre-existing injuries currently affecting the subject
• Positive response on the Health History Questionnaire or PAR-Q
• We will also be excluding minors and prisoners from this study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Central Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

William J Hanney, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Central Florida

Locations

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

020551

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id