Effects of an Exercise Program Based on the Pilates Method in Brazilian Air Force Helicopter Pilots With Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 16
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Painful sensation
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of an exercise program, based on the Pilates method, on the low back pain and muscle fatigue of Brazilian Air Force helicopter pilots.
详细描述
Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial composed by Brazilian Air Force helicopter instructors. The volunteers will be submitted to an initial evaluation composed by painful sensation, analyzed through the Numerical Pain Scale, disability associated with low back pain, using the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, and back muscle fatigue, through the Ito test. The pilots will be randomly assigned to the Exercise Group (exercise program based on the Pilates method, twice a week for 12 weeks) and Control Group (no intervention). After the sixth and 12th week of the beginning of the intervention program a new evaluation will be carried out, identical to the initial one.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 38 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Brazilian Air Force helicopter instructors - Natal Air Base;
- •Nonspecific low back pain for more than 3 months with a score of 2 or more at Numerical Pain Rating Scale.
排除标准
- •Be undergoing physiotherapeutic treatment during the study period;
- •Corticosteroids treatment in the last two weeks;
- •Anti-inflammatory treatment in the previous 72 hours;
- •Have specific spinal pathologies, such as spondylitis, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, disc herniation with radiculopathy or those who have had spinal surgery in the last year or who have a recent history of spinal fracture.
研究组 & 干预措施
Control Group
12-weeks maintaining their normal physical activity routine.
Pilates Group
12-weeks exercise program, twice a week, with Pilates method exercises.
干预措施: Pilates Group (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Painful sensation
时间窗: Change from baseline in low back pain sensation at 6 weeks and 12 weeks after the intervention protocol
To compare the painful sensation in the lumbar region using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) across a range of 11, with 0 being described as 'no pain' and 10 as 'worst possible pain'.
次要结局
- Back muscle fatigue(Change from baseline in back muscle fatigue at 6 weeks and 12 weeks after the intervention protocol)
- Functional disability associated to back pain(Change from baseline in disability at 6 weeks and 12 weeks after the intervention protocol)
研究者
Jamilson Simões Brasileiro
Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte