The Effect of Motor Control Exercise Versus General Exercise on Lumbar Local Stabilizing Muscles Thickness

NCT00555802 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 86-1534
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 49
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of motor control exercises. For this, before and after motor control and general exercises, we determined transverses abdominis and multifidus thickness, activity limitation and pain. We hypothesized that the motor control exercises would increase transverses abdominis and multifidus muscles thickness. Activity limitation and pain would decrease following two protocols that it was more in motor control group than general one.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low Back Pain; Motor Control Exercise; General exercise; Ultrasonography, Multifidus; Transversus abdominis; Randomized Controlled trial.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Before and after intervention, we assessed the multifidus and abdominal muscles thickness (mm) using a 7.5 MHz B-mode transducer ultrasound, pain through visual analog scale and activity limitation through Back Performance Scale.

  Baseline, 16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Weight, Age, height,BMI,Current duration of pain,Time since first onset

  baseline

Interventions

exercise OTHER

exercise

Also known as: training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• nonspecific low back pain with or without leg pain of at least 3 months duration
• currently seeking care for low back pain
• aged greater than 18 and less than 80 years
• suitable for motor control exercise based on clinical assessment
• The patients must also have sufficient knowledge of the Persian language to understand instructions

You may not qualify if:

• suspected or confirmed serious spinal pathology (fracture, metastatic, inflammatory or infective diseases of the spine, cauda equine syndrome, widespread neurological disorder)
• suspected or confirmed pregnancy
• nerve root compromise (2 of strength, reflex or sensation affected for same nerve root)
• spinal surgery
• any of the contraindications to exercise listed on page 42 of the ACSM guidelines

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Zahedan University of Medical Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dept. of physiotherapy, Zahedan university of medical scinces

Zahedan, Sistan & Bladchestan, Iran

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Maher CG, Latimer J, Hodges PW, Refshauge KM, Moseley GL, Herbert RD, Costa LO, McAuley J. The effect of motor control exercise versus placebo in patients with chronic low back pain [ACTRN012605000262606]. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2005 Nov 4;6:54. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-54.

  PMID: 16271149 BACKGROUND

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Asghar Akbari

  Deputy of research, Zahedan university of medical scinces

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 8, 2007
• First Posted: November 9, 2007
• Study Start: April 1, 2006
• Study Completion: November 1, 2007
• Last Updated: January 29, 2008

Record last verified: 2007-11

Locations

IR (1)