Pilates in patients with Persistent Pai
- Conditions
- ow back painM54.5
- 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
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.
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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method