Efficacy of Postural Reeducation in Elite Gymnasts With Back Pain

• Sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (Other)
• Overall Status: Active, not recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT05149703
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 30
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 2.5
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 11.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Introduction: Low back pain is a musculoskeletal disorder that is associated with symptoms such as pain, limitation of joint range and postural problems in athletes. Methods: The study design is a randomized controlled clinical trial with a minimum of 35 elite gymnasts with back pain. Two postural treatments will be implemented, Mezieres Method and Isostretching to verify if there is improvement of back pain in gymnasts and to compare both procedures. Discussion: This trial could generate a greater understanding of the importance of posture related to low back pain and its possible treatments.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Back Pain; Back Strain Lower Back; Athletic Injuries	Other: Mezieres Postural Treatment	N/A

Detailed Description

A randomized controlled clinical trial with two groups (intervention and placebo) will be implemented. The intervention group will have the Mezieres technique as postural treatment while the placebo group will follow a total of 6 isostretching positions.

In total, the two treatments with 30 minutes and duration or with a frequency of 2 weekly sessions will be implemented for a period of 12 weeks. All treatments will be performed by the same certified therapist and with a minimum of 5 years of experience in postural treatments. The measurements will be made immediately after the first session, in 2 weeks, 6 weeks and in the last week of intervention by a blind researcher who did not participate in the treatments, but with experience in this field.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 30 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Efficacy of Postural Reeducation in Elite Gymnasts With Back Pain. A Randomized Clinical Trial
• Actual Study Start Date: May 14, 2022
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 16, 2022
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Jul 30, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Mezieres Group This intervention includes a total of three postures of the Mézières therapy. Specifically, the postures maintained for 12 weeks consist of: supine dancer; in supine position with the upper extremities abducted 120 °; and dancer in a sitting position.	Other: Mezieres Postural Treatment; Implementation of 12 weeks suitable postures of Mezieres method
Active Comparator: Isostretching Group This study aims to follow a total of 6 isostretching postures, the most similar to the Mezieres method. In each of the isostretching positions, if it is symmetric, 3, 6 or 9 repetitions will be performed and if it is asymmetric, 2, 4, or 8 repetitions.	Other: Mezieres Postural Treatment; Implementation of 12 weeks suitable postures of Mezieres method

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Back status [12 weeks]

   Measured with Oswestry questionaire. It consists of 10 categories. Each category consists of 6 items scored from 0 to 5 with the first statement scoring 0 until the last statement scoring 5.

2. Back disability [12 weeks]

   Measured with Roland Morris Questionaire wich consist in 24 points of back disability actual phrases

3. Range of motion [12 weeks]

   Measured with Baiobit software

4. Pain intensity [12 weeks]

   Measured with Numeric Rating Scale wich consist in measure pain intensity with a score of 0-10

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Subjetive tension perception [12 weeks]

   Measured with Borg Scale, which include a rating of 6 perceiving "no exertion at all" to 20 perceiving a "maximal exertion" of effort.

2. Spinal curvature evaluation [12 weeks]

   Measured with Spinal Mouse Software

3. Stiffness test [12 weeks]

   Measured with Baiobit software

4. Posture stability [12 weeks]

   Measured with stabilometry with a duration of 50 seconds with Lizard posturometric and stabilometric platform

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 Years to 30 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elite gymnastic athletes with low back pain

• Active participation in the national competition

• Practice at least three times a week for 60 minutes

• Minimum training time of 7 hours a week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Gymnast whom suffer from chronic disease or acute musculoskeletal injury

• Herniated disc

• Spondylolisthesis

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Universidad Católica de Murcia	Murcia		Spain	30107

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Juan Martínez Fuentes, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Juan Martínez Fuentes, Study Director, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05149703
• Other Study ID Numbers: CE102105
• First Posted: Dec 8, 2021
• Last Update Posted: Jun 16, 2022
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2022

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Juan Martínez Fuentes, Study Director, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia: Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Treatment; Isostretching; Postural treatment
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Back Pain; Athletic Injuries

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 16, 2022