Sling Suspension Versus Gym Balls in the Treatment of Juvenile Spinal Osteochondrosis

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Completed

• Conditions: Juvenile Osteochondrosis of Spine
• Interventions: Procedure: Gym ball exercises; Procedure: Sling suspension using red cord

• Registration Number: NCT03851367
• Lead Sponsor: Lithuanian Sports University

Brief Summary

This study compares effect of swiss ball exercises with sling suspension exercises in the treatment of juvenile osteochondrosis in adolescent-girls

Detailed Description

One of the main tasks in the treatment of osteochondrosis related back pain is training trunk stabilizing muscles. This might be achieved by using a sling suspension exercise systems. Redcord is a trademark for Sling Exercise Therapy. Suspension exercise training has been shown to improves functional movement patterns more effectively than traditional exercise by creating a challenging and pain free environment for movement re-training. Another commonly used option in the treatment of juvenile osteochondrosis is Gymball, also known as Swissball core training programmes that are popular trends in physiotherapy and strength and conditioning programs. Benefits of Gymball core training exercises that facilitate spinal stability and balance have often been emphasized by researchers in development of strength and endurance, flexibility, and neuromuscular control as a cost effective and enjoyable way to treat and prevent back pain. Both exercises modes are used in treatment of back pain and muscle training in young people with juvenile osteochondrosis, what is why this study aims to compare Sling Suspension therapy with Gymball exercise in this population.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-30
• Study Completion: 2018-12-30
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Study First Submitted: 2019-02-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-02-21
• Study First Posted: 2019-02-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosis - juvenile osteochondrosis (according to the International classification of Diseases - ICD M 42 gender: female

Exclusion Criteria

• any other medical diagnosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Swiss ball therapy	Gym ball exercises	3-week duration exercise for trunk muscles strengthening and posture improvement consisting of 15 sessions for 30 minutes each.
Sling suspension therapy	Sling suspension using red cord	3-week duration of exercises using red cord and consisting of 15 sessions for 30 minutes each.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight	baseline	Body weight was measured in kilograms with an accuracy of 100 g
Height	baseline	Body height was measured in meters with an accuracy of 5 mm
Posture evaluation	baseline	Standing posture was evaluated by a commonly used clinical assessment technique - visual assessment. In an attempt to minimize data collection error, one experienced examiner evaluated all the study participants' posture. The examiner was blind to the scope of the study and to the group that the subjects belonged to.
Back pain	baseline	was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS). Participants were asked to report "current" pain intensity. A higher score indicates greater pain intensity: no pain (0-4 mm), mild pain (5-44 mm), moderate pain (45-74 mm), and severe pain (75- 100 mm).
Endurance of the trunk muscles	baseline	was tested according those suggested by S. McGill (2007) and endurance duration was recorder in seconds. The back extensors ; The trunk flexors ; The lateral musculature

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Back pain	3 weeks	was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS). Participants were asked to report "current" pain intensity. A higher score indicates greater pain intensity: no pain (0-4 mm), mild pain (5-44 mm), moderate pain (45-74 mm), and severe pain (75- 100 mm).
Change in Endurance of the trunk muscles	3 weeks	was tested according those suggested by S. McGill (2007) and endurance duration was recorder in seconds. The back extensors ; The trunk flexors ; The lateral musculature
Improvement in Posture evaluation	3 weeks	Standing posture was evaluated by a commonly used clinical assessment technique - visual assessment. In an attempt to minimize data collection error, one experienced examiner evaluated all the study participants' posture. The examiner was blind to the scope of the study and to the group that the subjects belonged to.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vilma Dudoniene; 🇱🇹 Kaunas, Lithuania