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Pilates in patients with Persistent Pai

Not Applicable
Conditions
ow back pain
M54.5
Registration Number
RBR-2d2vb9
Lead Sponsor
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Ceará
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

The study will include individuals aged between 18 and 60 years, of both sexes, who have had low back pain for more than 12 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals contraindicated for therapeutic exercise, according to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, who underwent treatment with Pilates in the last 3 months, pregnant women, severe spinal pathologies (example: fracture, tumor, infection), previous spinal surgery and lower limbs, inflammatory, rheumatic or neurological disorders, nerve root involvement, osteoporosis, inability to understand written or spoken Portuguese and who has received physical therapy in the past 3 months.

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Expected outcome 1: improvement in functional disability.<br>This will be assessed using the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. It consists of a questionnaire with 24 questions related to activities of daily living (ADLs). Each affirmative answer is equivalent to 1 point, obtaining the final result through the sum of these. The higher the score, the greater the individual's disability. It will be evaluated at baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention.;Expected outcome 2: lower back pain.<br>This will be assessed using the Numerical Pain Scale. It consists of a scale from 0 to 11, with 0 being no pain” and 10 the maximum possible pain”. Participants will be asked to rate their pain according to the past 7 days. It will be evaluated at baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention.
Secondary Outcome Measures
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