Comparison of physical capacity testings between recreational senior golfers with and without chronic non-specific LBP
- Conditions
- senior golfers with chronic non-specific low back pain.senior golfers without chronic non-specific low back pain.physical capacitysenior golferchronic non-specific low back pain
- Registration Number
- TCTR20220110007
- Lead Sponsor
- /A
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending (Not yet recruiting)
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion criteria for chronic non-specific low back pain golfers
- A chronic non-specific LBP occurs during or after golf activity at least 3 months prior to the evaluation
- LBP level between mild to moderate (1 to 6 cm) will be measured by a 10-cm visual analog scale
- LBP symptoms are not caused by infectious disease, rheumatoid arthritis, or other systemic diseases
Note: To consideration of pain might be affect to the outcome measurement and safety for the participant. Thus, the researcher will be decided to choose the LBP level between mild to moderate.
Inclusion criteria for without chronic non-specific low back pain golfers
- No history of low back pain or any symptoms within at least 6 months prior to evaluation
- No pain or any symptoms occur at their lumbosacral region during or after golf activity at least 6 months prior to the evaluation
- Professional golf players or golf handicap < 0 score
- Having the impairment of cognitive and memory defined by Thai mental state examination (TMSE) less than 23 scores (50).
- Active hypertension with blood pressure > 180/110 mm Hg (51).
- History of neurological conditions such as stroke or Parkinson disease
- Severe disability of activity daily living which was identified by exceeded 40% of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) in the Thai version questionnaire (52, 53).
- Symptom from the spinal infection, spinal tumor, or instability
- Low back pain with radiating pain
- History of the spine or lower extremity surgery
- Having conditions that cannot perform physical capacity tests such as lower extremities pain and deformity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Seated thoracic rotation, hip rotation active range of motion angle, one leg standing, sit and reach test, 2-minute step test, 30 seconds chair and stand immediately after the tests degree, seconds, steps, centimeters, times,the Thai version of the modified Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire before the test points
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method /A N/A N/A