Ultrasound Assessment During Exercise

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

— Redcord RUSI  

Official title:

Assessment of Transverse Abdominis Muscle Function Associated With Stabilization Exercises in Low Back Pain Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01015846
• Other study ID #: 14046
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 28, 2009
• Last updated: November 16, 2009
• Start date: March 2009
• Est. completion date: September 2009

Study information

• Verified date: November 2009
• Source: University of Virginia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the ability of the transverse abdominis (TrA) to contract during and after two different types of exercise - either sling based exercise or traditional core stability exercise. The TrA is measured by real time ultrasound imaging. The investigators hypothesized that the sling based exercise would activate the TrA to a greater degree and that there would be a greater activation after the exercise.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: September 2009
• Est. primary completion date: September 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Low back pain with stabilization classification

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fractures, neurological condition

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise
Redcord (sling exercise) and traditional exercise
• Core stability exercise
Traditional core stability exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	Virginia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Virginia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	TrA activation ratio measured by RUSI		Pre - during - post exercise during a single day	No