Effect of Kinesiotaping Versus Endurance Exercise on Postmenopausal Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT06771310

Last Updated: 2025-01-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-01-16
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-15

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to determine the effect of kinesiotaping versus endurance exercise on postmenopausal low back pain.

Detailed Description

Non-specific back pain is more frequent in women than men, mainly in postmenopausal women. High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D has been detected in postmenopausal women, and it is associated with decreased bone mass, sarcopenia, which can be related to back pain.

Postural control, can be defined as "the ability to maintain the body's center of gravity within the limits of stability as determined by the base of support , Differences in motor behavior between Low Back Pain (LBP) patients and healthy control subjects have been demonstrated in a variety of tasks, e.g. during walking and in response to several perturbations.

Published evidence indicates that LBP patients may have impaired control over trunk posture and movement, Dynamic controls is important in many functional tasks as it requires integration of appropriate levels of proprioception, range of motion, and strength. Endurance exercise is characterized by continues submaximal muscular contractions . It is an effective mean of maintaining or improving cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health, both of which are critical for preserving physiological functioning, independence and improving standing balance.

kinesiotape allows the joint to move through its full range of motion. It has also been reported to increase blood circulation and lymphatic drainage, which leads to a reduction of pain and stimulates large-fibre cutaneous mechanoreceptors that may inhibit proprioceptive impulses in the spinal column and decrease pain via an ascending pathway.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Endurance exercise group

The participants will perform endurance exercise (three times per week for 12 weeks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Endurance exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

The exercise-training program will be consisted of 10 minutes warming up, 30 minutes of treadmill walking, and 10 min cooling down three times per week.

Warming up: It will be in the form of stretching of muscle groups for 10 minutes (3-5 stretch for the key muscle group (iliopsoas muscle, gluteus maximus ,quadriceps ,tibialis anterior , calf muscle, hold for 20-30 seconds), before the actual aerobic training session.

Actual session: Participants will receive aerobic exercises in the form of Moderate aerobic exercise training in the form of 30 min of treadmill walking and corresponding to a target heart rate of 65% to 75% of HR max (Maximum HR = 220 - Age ) to be gradually achieved and maintained throughout the training program.

Cooling down: It will be in the form of a treadmill walking at very slow speed for ten minutes.

Kinesiotaping group

The participants will receive kinesiotaping (replaced every five days) for 12 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesiotaping

Intervention Type: OTHER

The participants will be asked to assume standing position then to flex back to reach its maximum point.

• Two bands, 1 on each side of the lumbar spine, will be applied vertically from the lower posterior iliac crest region to the upper twelfth rib region, with inhibition technique.
• The remaining 2 bands will be attached horizontally, with space correction technique.
• All 4 bands will be placed to allow for 50% longitudinal stretching. The stretching directions for the vertical and horizontal applications were bottom-up and sideways, respectively.

Interventions

Endurance exercise

The exercise-training program will be consisted of 10 minutes warming up, 30 minutes of treadmill walking, and 10 min cooling down three times per week.

Warming up: It will be in the form of stretching of muscle groups for 10 minutes (3-5 stretch for the key muscle group (iliopsoas muscle, gluteus maximus ,quadriceps ,tibialis anterior , calf muscle, hold for 20-30 seconds), before the actual aerobic training session.

Actual session: Participants will receive aerobic exercises in the form of Moderate aerobic exercise training in the form of 30 min of treadmill walking and corresponding to a target heart rate of 65% to 75% of HR max (Maximum HR = 220 - Age ) to be gradually achieved and maintained throughout the training program.

Cooling down: It will be in the form of a treadmill walking at very slow speed for ten minutes.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesiotaping

The participants will be asked to assume standing position then to flex back to reach its maximum point.

• Two bands, 1 on each side of the lumbar spine, will be applied vertically from the lower posterior iliac crest region to the upper twelfth rib region, with inhibition technique.
• The remaining 2 bands will be attached horizontally, with space correction technique.
• All 4 bands will be placed to allow for 50% longitudinal stretching. The stretching directions for the vertical and horizontal applications were bottom-up and sideways, respectively.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• A convenient sample of fifty postmenopausal women suffering from non-specific low back pain and postural instability was enrolled in this study.
• Praticipants were chosen healthy and medically stable.
• Their ages ranged from 50 - 60 years to be included in the study.
• Their body mass index (BMI) is not exceed 35 kg m2.
• All of them are diagnosed by the gynecologist.

Exclusion Criteria

• They were excluded from the study if they had:
• Premature menopause or surgical menopause.
• Mental , neurological , vestibular , cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disease. -----
• Musculoskeletal disorders ( disc lesion , ankylosing spondylitis , rheumatoid arthritis , osteomalacia , spinal deformities, lumber vertebre fractures) .

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Asmaa Mohamed Gaballah

principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Hossam Hussien, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Al-Azhar University

Soheir El-kosery, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cairo University

Locations

Asmaa Mohamed Gaballah

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Central Contacts

Asmaa Gaballah, Master

Role: CONTACT

gaballa.asmaa@icloud.com

01091864117

Elham Shahat, PHD

Role: CONTACT

elhamramadan70@yahoo.com

+201206146539

Facility Contacts

asmaa M. gaballah, Master

Role: primary

gaballa.asmaa@icloud.com

01091864117

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/002931

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id