Aquatic Exercises for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: Aquatic Exercises; Other: Deep-water running

• Registration Number: NCT02422693
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to compare the effect of aquatic exercises (AEG) to the aquatic exercises plus aerobic training (deep-water running) (AEDWRG) on functional status and pain in patients with specific chronic low back pain.

Detailed Description

In general, the population will have at least one episode of low back pain during their lifetime, with recurrence in most cases. Several treatments have been proposed for these patients and the evidence is still not clear about the effectiveness of aquatic exercises when compared to other modalities of exercises in the water. This study will be a randomized controlled trial following the Consort-Statement principles. The subjects, aged between 20 and 50 years, after signing the informed consent will be randomly allocated to one group treatment: aquatic exercises (AEG) or aquatic exercises associated to deep-water running (AEDWRG). The duration of the protocol will be set at 12 weeks, 3x-week.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-21
• Study Start: 2015-06-29
• Primary Completion: 2017-01-29
• Study Completion: 2017-05-10
• Status Verified: 2017-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-07-05
• Last Update Posted: 2017-07-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Exclusive diagnosis of chronic low back pain (more than 12 weeks)

Exclusion Criteria

• Central nervous system disease
• Pregnant
• Fear of water

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Aquatic exercises + Deep-water running	Aquatic Exercises	Same as AEG with addition of 20 minutes of running without touch the ground, 3x-week (9 weeks), indoor pool, 30o.C/86o.F.
Aquatic exercises	Aquatic Exercises	Warm-up, lumbar mobilization, stretching and relaxation. 3x-week (9 weeks), indoor pool, 32o.C/89.6o.F.
Aquatic exercises + Deep-water running	Deep-water running	Same as AEG with addition of 20 minutes of running without touch the ground, 3x-week (9 weeks), indoor pool, 30o.C/86o.F.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Roland-Morris Questionnaire	baseline and 9 weeks	Functionality

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Pain status	baseline and 9 weeks	Pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aquatic Physical Therapy Center "Paulo A. Seibert"; 🇧🇷 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil