Studies on body posture, low back pain and neck pain and their associated factors

• Conditions: ow back pain; Posture; Exercise; C23.888.592.612.107.400; G11.427.695; G11.427.410.698.277

• Registration Number: RBR-5m53mhb
• Lead Sponsor: Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Dança da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Brief Summary

As much in the exercising group (EG) as in the non-exercising group (NEG), there was predominance of mild (EG = 29,4%; NEG = 35,3%) to moderate (EG = 49,0%; NEG = 41,2%) pain intensity and predominance of the absence of kinesiophobia related to physical activity (EG = 60,8%; NEG = 70,6%), with no statistically significant difference between groups. However, there was significant difference between groups for the risk of occurrence of LBP and for levels of incapacity and kinesiophobia related to work. Exercising individuals present lower risk for occurrence of low back pain (EG = 68,6% low level; NEG = 11,8%), lower level of disability (EG = 88,2% minimal level and 7,8% moderate level; NEG = 60,8% and 31,4%, respectively), and absence of work-related kinesiophobia (EG = 0% presence of kinesiophobia; NEG = 4%).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-11-30
• Study Start: 2021-01-13
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Data analysis completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Presence of chronic low back pain in the last 3 month; occurrence of monthly or weekly episodes of low back pain; completion of all information of three questionnaires (Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument, BackPEI-A, Oswestry Disability Index, ODI, and Fear-avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, FABQ-Brazil); age between 18 and 59 years; and both genders.

Exclusion Criteria

Previous spinal surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ower frequency of episodes of pain (monthly episodes), lower intensity of pain (mild pain) and lower risk factor indexes for pain occurrence (indexes equal or higher than 5) in the exercising group, verified through the questionnaire Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument (BackPEI-A). ;Absence or lower levels of disability due to low back pain (absence or minimal disability) in the exercising group, verified through the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaire. ;Absence of kinesiophobia in the exercising group, verified through the Fear-avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ-Brazil).