Xiaxi Program for Back Health

NCT ID: NCT06042218

Last Updated: 2023-09-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-09-11
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-15

Brief Summary

Progressive deformity from the optimal spinal curvatures is a degenerative disorder related to progressive ageing that affects an increasing number of adults. This is one of the main affectations on the health of adults, being its cause multifactorial. That is why a totally effective intervention has not yet been found that allows obtaining a substantial improvement in all the adults who suffer from it. However, certain physical programs that include mind-body work have been effective, but research is limited and the results are inconclusive. For this reason, this research arises, in which a training protocol has been designed using an instrument called Xiaxi with which the body-mind work is prioritized.

The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate the effects of a 12-weeks Xiaxi® exercise program on the sagittal spinal disposition and hamstring extensibility of adults, and 2) to determine whether the weekly training frequency influenced the changes found on sagittal spinal disposition and hamstring extensibility with Xiaxi® training program.

The present investigation is composed of two data collections that will be carried out before and after a twelve-week intervention. Two intervention groups and a control group make up the sample, with one of the intervention groups attending Xiaxi training once a week and the other intervention group twice a week. The control group will only attend the measurements, but will not participate in the intervention.

Conditions

Adults; No Sagittal Spine Disposition Disorder; No Surgery on the Spine or the Hamstring; No Specific Treatment for Spinal Pathology; Not Involved in Structured Exercise Programs Before or During the Time of the Study

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Experimental group who trained one day a week

This intervention group will attend a weekly sixty-minute training session with the Xiaxi machine during the twelve weeks of the intervention. The sessions will include flexibility and strength-resistance work, as well as postural awareness.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Xiaxi intervention program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Xiaxi sessions will follow the same structure in both intervention groups. First of all, 8-minute warm-up where the participants will work on: postural awareness; active static stretching of the pectoral, hamstring and psoas muscles; and mobility. The main part will include the following blocks of content during the 12 weeks of intervention (46 minutes will be spent on this part in each session): breathing; mobility; active and dynamic static stretching of the tonic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic; strength of the phasic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic, alternating upper limb, lower limb and core; postural awareness; and passive static stretching of the tonic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic. The cool down will be similar in each session (6 minutes) and will focus on: postural awareness and passive static stretching of the pectoral, hamstring and psoas muscles.

Experimental group who trained two days a week

This intervention group will attend two weekly sixty-minute training sessions with the Xiaxi machine during the twelve weeks of the intervention. The sessions will include flexibility and strength-resistance work, as well as postural awareness.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Xiaxi intervention program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Xiaxi sessions will follow the same structure in both intervention groups. First of all, 8-minute warm-up where the participants will work on: postural awareness; active static stretching of the pectoral, hamstring and psoas muscles; and mobility. The main part will include the following blocks of content during the 12 weeks of intervention (46 minutes will be spent on this part in each session): breathing; mobility; active and dynamic static stretching of the tonic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic; strength of the phasic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic, alternating upper limb, lower limb and core; postural awareness; and passive static stretching of the tonic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic. The cool down will be similar in each session (6 minutes) and will focus on: postural awareness and passive static stretching of the pectoral, hamstring and psoas muscles.

Control Group

They will not attend any type of intervention. They will continue to perform their daily activities without intervention.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Xiaxi intervention program

The Xiaxi sessions will follow the same structure in both intervention groups. First of all, 8-minute warm-up where the participants will work on: postural awareness; active static stretching of the pectoral, hamstring and psoas muscles; and mobility. The main part will include the following blocks of content during the 12 weeks of intervention (46 minutes will be spent on this part in each session): breathing; mobility; active and dynamic static stretching of the tonic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic; strength of the phasic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic, alternating upper limb, lower limb and core; postural awareness; and passive static stretching of the tonic muscles with effects on the spine dynamic. The cool down will be similar in each session (6 minutes) and will focus on: postural awareness and passive static stretching of the pectoral, hamstring and psoas muscles.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• adults from 20 to 60 years-old
• not have a doctor-diagnosed sagittal spine disposition disorder
• not have had surgery on the spine or the hamstring musculature
• not being under a specific treatment for spinal pathology
• not involve in structured exercise programs before or during the time of the study

Exclusion Criteria

• not being able to complete all the evaluations
• for members of the experimental group missing more than 20% of the sessions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidad de Almeria

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Universidad Católica San Antonio

Murcia, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

UALBIO2023/005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id