Influence of the Global Postural Reeducation and the Personality in the Posture
- Conditions
- Postural; Defect
- Interventions
- Procedure: Global Postural Reeducation
- Registration Number
- NCT02175667
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
- Brief Summary
Determine the influence of a treatment with Global Postural Reeducation techniques and the personality traits in the stabilometric parameters
- Detailed Description
This study is realized with university students. For a first objective of this study, all the participants complete the "big five questionnaire" to determine their personality traits and then the subjects are analyzed with a stabilometric platform and cervical/lumbar range of motion (ROM) to determine their basal parameters. The personality traits and the basal stabilometric parameters like the postural sway, will be crossed to investigate a possible relation. For a second objective, the randomized study of the effectiveness of the Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) in the stabilometric parameters, the subjects are divided in a experimental group or in a control group. Experimental group is treated in a 45 minutes GPR session, with three postures: the first is for stretch the anterior muscular chain with the patient lying supine on a couch with arms at 45 degrees, hips open, and feet in opposition on top of the couch. This posture is maintained 25-30 minutes. In the second GPR posture, to stretch the posterior muscular chain, the subject is positioned with legs elevated, for 12-15 minutes. Third position is with the participant in upright standing posture 2-5 minutes to integrate the postural corrections. During all the time, the physiotherapist uses manual therapy for stretch the muscles under the official rules of GPR techniques. Group control do not receive any technique. After the time of the intervention or no intervention, a second measure of stabilometric parameters and ROM is taken. After this first day, two days later and seven days later, the measures are repeated to determinate the permanence of the effects of GPR techniques.
The improvement will be assessed by calculating indicators of clinical relevance: relative risk (RR), absolute risk reduction (AR). The results will be compared statistically to determine some possible relation. The confidence intervals (CI) will be calculated for the most relevant parameters. The analysis will be made with a statistics program (SPSS 19.0)
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
- College students spend 4 hours or more per day sitting
- College students do not spend 4 hours or more per day sitting.
- Subjects with a traumatic problem, injuries, in the moment of the study, or subject in treatment of this injuries
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Global Postural Reeducation Global Postural Reeducation Participants receiving GPR treatment during 45 minutes to stretch muscular chains
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Centre of pressure displacement in standing position Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after Displacement antero-posterior and lateral of COP measured with a platform of pressures
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Lumbar and cervical range of motion Before intervention, 10 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after Cervical and lumbar inclinometer for goniometry
Plantar pressures distribution in standing position Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after Plantar pressures distribution in each foot measured with a platform of pressures
Percentage of load distribution in standing position Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after Load distribution between feet measured with a platform of pressures
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Miguel Hernández University of Elche
🇪🇸Sant Joan, Alicante, Spain