Effects of a School-based Exercise Program on Posture, Trunk Range of Motion, and Musculoskeletal Pain - A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in the qualitative postural assessment from the baseline
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a school-based exercise program on posture, trunk range of motion and musculoskeletal pain in schoolchildren. This study was a Randomized controlled trial. The hypothesis was that the exercise group would have the postural deviations corrected, would have the trunk range of motion increased and would have the prevalence of pain decreased, while the control group would have not. Three schools from Brazil participated. The students that have been included (n=300) were randomly allocated to experimental (EG) or control group (CG). The intervention for EG consisted in a program based on stretching and strengthening exercises, applied twice a week, for eight weeks, with group sessions of 50 minutes. CG did not perform any intervention. Qualitative and quantitative postural evaluation (PAS/SAPO), musculoskeletal pain (self-report) and trunk mobility were collected.
Investigators
Mariana Vieira Batistão
Master
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •to attend elementary school and deliver the consent term signed by the parents.
Exclusion Criteria
- •presence of disability on musculoskeletal or neurological system, exercise intolerance or attendance less than 50% in the exercise sections
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in the qualitative postural assessment from the baseline
Time Frame: Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks
Qualitative postural assessment was performed by a physiotherapist through the photographic records. The photos were recorded with the students in swimsuits and no shoes. The subject was positioned over the gyratory platform to avoid reposition for the photographic record, besides the plumb line, with the feet lined and separated by hip width. The records were performed in the frontal and sagittal planes, in the anterior, posterior and lateral view. According to the positioning of the structures in relation to the plumb line, the presence of postural changes was classified by the physiotherapist. Lateral tilt and forward head, shoulder protrusion, cervical lordosis, thoracic kyphosis, and lumbar lordosis were evaluated.
Secondary Outcomes
- Changes in the quantitative postural assessment from the baseline(Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks)
- Changes in trunk range of motion from baseline(Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks)
- Changes in the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain from baseline(Two time points: baseline and 9 weeks)