Effectiveness of Pilates on Postural Correction, Core Strength and Flexibility in Younger Individuals With Non-specific Low Backache
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Pilates, conventional therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Low Back Pain, Postural Control, Core Strength, Flexibility. Basic parameters: 18 years — 25 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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Official title
Effects of Pilates on Postural Correction, Core Strength and Flexibility in Young Individuals With Non-Specific Low Backache
Overview
The aim of this clinical trial is to study the effects of Pilates intervention versus conventional therapy on postural correction, core strength and flexibility in young individuals with complaint of non-specific low backache. The main question is whether the Pilates has better improvement as compared to the conventional therapy on postural correction, core strength and flexibility moreover to compare the effectiveness of two intervention. Participants of age 18-25 years and with complaint of non-specific low backache will be recruited. 50 participants will be enrolled. Participants will perform Pilates and conventional therapy for 3 times per week for six weeks. Participants will be randomly allocated to two groups and assessor blinding will be done to take baseline assessment. Assessor blinding is done to minimize biasness. Pre and Post assessments will be taken by the assessor. SPSS will be used for the analysis of the data.
Interventions
- Behavioral Pilates
Participants will perform supervised mat-based Pilates exercise program designed to improve posture, core strength and flexibility. This intervention will be only applied to experimental group. Pilates is a mind body exercise system that emphasize on controlled breathing pattern with proper alignment of the body. Intervention will be applied for six weeks. - Behavioral conventional therapy
Participants will receive structured and supervised conventional therapy aiming at posture, core strength and flexibility. It consists of standardized therapeutic exercises commonly used in clinical practice and clinical guidelines. Conventional Therapy will be applied for six weeks to both the groups.
Primary outcome measures
- Posture [Time frame: Baseline and 6th week]
- Core Strength [Time frame: Baseline and 6th week]
- Flexibility [Time frame: Baseline and 6th week]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age 18-25
- Non-specific low backache of pain severity less than and equal to 5/10 on Brief Pain Inventory Scale
- Ability to attend complete six-week program
- Both genders
Exclusion criteria
- prior history of trauma, fracture, spinal stenosis, severe comorbidities, spinal surgery and neurological disorders
- Individuals suffering from specific causes of low backache like Infection and pregnancy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- University of Health Sciences Lahore — Lahore
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07467070 · UHS/USERC-26/SEC/102