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Postural Re-education in Low Back Pain

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Low Back Pain
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.

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
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Roland & Morris Disability QuestionnaireBaseline, 3 months, 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Oswestry Disability IndexBaseline, 3 months, 6 months
Pain Drawing and Visual Analogue Scale (V.A.S.)Baseline, 3 mounths, 6 months
Fingertip-to-floor testBaseline, 3 mounths, 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ecm Eur Centro Medico

🇮🇹

Roma, Lazio, Italy

Ecm Eur Centro Medico
🇮🇹Roma, Lazio, Italy

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