Effect of Exercises on Pain, Functional Disability and Lumbar Stability in Patients With Low Back Pain

Exercise Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Core Stabilization Exercises With and Without Ball on Pain, Functional Disability and Level of Lumbar Stability in Patients With Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03527524
• Other study ID #: MahidolU_Wunpen1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Mahidol University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purposes of this study are to compare the effects of core stabilization exercises on pain intensity, functional disability and lumbar stability between using and not using the Swiss ball in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain.

Description:

For Patient Registries:

The participant was screened for inclusion criteria and was asked to sign the informed consent prior to participate. A randomized control trial was performed with participants randomly divided into one of the two treatment groups: core stabilization exercise with ball and core stabilization exercise without ball by using sealed envelopes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 68 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male and female with low back pain (LBP) > 3 months

2. Body mass index (BMI) = 18-25 kg/m2

3. Non-specific LBP (pain at the lower lumbar between costal margin but not below gluteal fold)

4. Willing and able to perform exercise programs

5. No cognitive impairment

6. Age at least 19 years

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Having experiences in the core stabilization exercise and Swiss ball exercises

2. Past history of back and abdomen surgery

3. Recent fractures of spine, hip or lower limb

4. Current use of steroids or any other drugs for resolving back pain

5. Red flags (fractures, cancer, infection, cauda equine syndrome)

6. Pregnancy

7. Neuromuscular or respiratory disorders

8. Rheumatologic disorders

9. Hip and knee stiffness

10. Pain intensity > 60 of 100 mm assessed by the VAS

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Exercise
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• exercise with ball
exercise with ball
• exercise without ball
exercise without ball

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mahidol University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain scale	a 0-100 mm of horizontal line (Visual analog scale) assessing pain intensity - reported the distance measured in millimeters from the left hand side of this line to the point that participant marked	4 weeks
Secondary	Questionnaire scores of functional disability measure	Thai modified Oswestry Disability Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire	4 weeks
Secondary	Levels of lumbar stability	isometric abdominal contraction assessing lumbar stability	4 weeks