Effects of Photobiomodulation and Deep Water Running Training in Subjects With Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial

This study will be a randomized clinical trial, structured according to the Consort-Statement, with a standardization that includes methodological design, conduction, analysis and interpretation and evaluation of results. The participants will be individuals of both sexes, sedentary, who present chronic low back pain, aged between 30 and 55 years (middle-aged individuals), will be invited to participate. Participants will be informed of all experimental procedures of the study and will sign the Informed Consent Form and to answer the socio-demographic questionnaire. Participation in the study will be voluntary and free of any bonuses or liens; all participants will be free to withdraw their consent at any time without any loss. Prior to the tests, participants will perform prior clinical examinations with the cardiologist to have their cardiac fitness and release checked to carry out the pertinent evaluations of the study. The possible discomfort felt after the tests and training such as tiredness, muscular pain, perspiration will be similar to the senses during the practice of physical exercises. The procedures to be used in this research will follow the regulations required in Resolution 196/96 of the National Health Council on research involving human beings.

Evaluation protocol Body mass index and skin folds of triceps, subscapular, pectoral, abdominal, thigh mean, suprailiac and mean axillary for subsequent determination of fat percentage.

6-minute walk test-adapted The 6-minute walk test consists of a test that evaluates the distance a person can walk on a flat, rigid surface in six minutes and has as main goal the determination of exercise tolerance and oxygen saturation during a submaximal exercise . This test will be adapted to aquatic environment (CAMARGO et al., 2009).

Sit-up test The sit-up test, which consists of quantifying how many supports (hands and / or knees or, still, hands or forearms on knees), the individual uses to sit and lift from the floor. This method of evaluation allows us to analyze items such as flexibility of the lower limb joints, balance, motor coordination and the relation between muscular power and body weight, which can be characterized as minimum functional muscular fitness (ARAUJO, 1999).

Schober's Test To measure the range of motion of the lumbar spine, the Schober test will be performed, which consists of placing a tape measure from the lumbosacral joint, 10 cm above with the individual in a neutral position, and request the trunk flexion, where the increase of the distance between the marks will provide the estimate of the flexion amplitude of the lumbar spine (Schober, 1937).