Effect of Mat Pilates on Pain and Postural Alignment in School Going Children With Upper Crossed Syndrome.
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mat Pilates and Routine Physical Therapy, Routine Physical Therapy (RPT).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Children, Only, Upper Crossed Syndrome. Basic parameters: 8 years — 16 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
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Overview
This randomized control clinical Trial is to evaluate the effect of mat Pilates on postural alignment and pain levels in school-going children with Upper Crossed Syndrome. The study will focus on assessing changes in head, neck, and shoulder alignment, as well as any reduction in musculoskeletal discomfort following a structured Pilates intervention in children of age 8-16.This clinical Trial will be in two groups A) Intervention group B) Control Group. From a total of 28 Participants , 14 will be performing Mat pilates and routine Physical Therapy(Group A) while the other 14 will be performing just routine Physical Therapy exercises (Group B). Data Analysis will be done on Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.00.
Detailed description
The current study will be randomized control trial, data will be collected from Physical Therapy department of Ittefaq Hospital, Lahore. The study will include 28 participants equally divided into two groups and randomly allocated. Inclusion criteria for the study will be UCS patients with age between 8 to 16yrs of either gender. Patients with any recent history of injury, severe systemic disorder and physical or sensory deficit will be excluded from the study.Group A (Experimental Group) will receive Pilates exercises and Routine Physical Therapy (baseline treatment). Baseline treatment will include stretching, strengthening and corrective exercises. Session duration will be 30 minutes, 10 to 12 exercises in form of 10 steps will be carried out per session, with no more than three repetitions of each exercise.Group B (Control Group) will receive stretching, strengthening and postural correction exercises as follows: Exercises for postural correction, stretches, and strengthening for the pectoralis major, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius, serratus anterior, rhomboids, and deep neck flexors muscles. -Every exercise will be for 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off, 3 times per day, - Push-ups and head-neck retraction were also included, total time about 30 minutes. Outcomes to be analyzed will be Craniovertebral angle and Thoracic Kyphosis angle and Pain. Data collection will be done before and after the intervention. Tools used for data collection will be kinovea software for Craniovertebral angle and Thoracic Kyphosis angle and Visual analouge scale (VAS) for pain. Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 26.00.
Interventions
- Other Mat Pilates and Routine Physical Therapy
Group A will receive Pilates exercises and Routine Physical Therapy (baseline treatment). Baseline treatment will include stretching, strengthening and corrective exercises. Session duration will be 30 minutes, 10 to 12 exercises in form of 10 steps will be carried out per session, with no more than three repetitions of each exercise. The following is a detailed description of each exercise to be utilized in both treatments, along with its starting and ending positions and number of repetitions( - Other Routine Physical Therapy (RPT)
Group B will receive stretching, strengthening and postural correction exercises as follows: Exercises for postural correction, stretches, and strengthening for the pectoralis major, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius, serratus anterior, rhomboids, and deep neck flexors muscles. -Every exercise will be for 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off, 3 times per day, - Push-ups and head-neck retraction were also included, total time about 30 minutes.
Primary outcome measures
- Kinovea Software [Time frame: 5 Minutes]
- Visual Analouge Scale [Time frame: 1 minute]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- School going children
- Children of the age 8-16.
- Children having Thoracic Kyphosis angle under 20° and over 40 °,and Craniovertebral angle under 48°
Exclusion criteria
- Children with systemic disorders.
- Children with recent history of injury.
- Physical or sensory defecit(16)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Ittefaq Hospital (TRUST) — Lahore
Publications
- Shadi N, Khalaghi K, Seyedahmadi M. Comparing the effects of Pilates, corrective exercises, and Alexander's technique on upper cross syndrome among adolescent girls student (ages 13-16): a six-week study. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2024 Jun 28;16(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s13102-024-00933-2. PMID 38943175
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07244068 · REC/RCR&AHS/MUSFERAIQBAL