Postural Re-education in Low Back Pain

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: Global Postural Re-education; Other: Standard Exercise Training

• Registration Number: NCT00789204
• Lead Sponsor: University of Bologna

Brief Summary

The Global Postural Re-Education is a global approach for the treatment of musculoskeletal disease. Using specific progressive posture for stretching particular shortened chain muscle the method wants to equilibrate the never-ending war between static and dynamic muscles by guiding the patient in a particular breathing pattern to maintain a correct posture and feeling it.

Detailed Description

In some countries there is a physical therapy method called "Global Posture Reeducation" (GPR), which was developed by Philippe Emmanuel Souchard based on 20 years of clinical experience.The method consist to balance the miofascial tension probably responsible for an articular overloading. The method stretches the shortened antigravity muscles that are inside a different static muscles chains. GPR is a global approach that search the biomechanics cause in the near areas, and involves actively the patient in the postural and gestural changes.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-05
• Study First Submitted: 2008-11-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-11-10
• Study First Posted: 2008-11-11
• Status Verified: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2009-09
• Study Completion: 2009-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 2009-09-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Lumbalgia Diagnosis
• Age 18-80

Exclusion Criteria

• Migrated hernia
• Calcified disc hernia
• Spondylolisthesis
• Other physiotherapeutic interventions within 6 months of the baseline assessment.
• Surgical operation within six months of baseline
• Cancer syndrome, Neurological and rheumatic diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
GPR	Global Postural Re-education	Global Postural Re-Education
SEP	Standard Exercise Training	Standard Exercise Programm

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Roland & Morris Disability Questionnaire	Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Drawing and Visual Analogue Scale (V.A.S.)	Baseline, 3 mounths, 6 months
Fingertip-to-floor test	Baseline, 3 mounths, 6 months
Oswestry Disability Index	Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ecm Eur Centro Medico; 🇮🇹 Roma, Lazio, Italy