Hatha Yoga Exercises in Pelvic and Lumbar Back Pain in Pregnant Woman

NCT01576978 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: w7tgp7jt
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to identify evaluate the effectiveness of stretching exercises of Hatha Yoga method in pregnant women with back pain and posterior pelvic City Paulínia. -There will be a randomized clinical trial with 60 pregnant women with these symptoms. They will be randomly divided into 2 groups. The group A will perform the exercises of Hatha Yoga for ten weeks, once a week group B postural follow the guidelines recommended for the treatment of these pains, for ten weeks. Will be used as a technique for evaluating the Visual Analogue Scale to measure pain intensity and confirmation tests of the lumbar and posterior pelvic pain in order to differentiate them. A descriptive statistical analysis of univariate and bivariate distributions will be made through frequency and graphical representation. The association between the variables will be tested by statistical tests: \[chi-square (X ²)\], Fisher's exact test, Student's t test or Mann-Whitney, \[Student's t test to compare means\], ANOVA for the analysis of effects between the groups. \[The significance level is predetermined to 5%\]. The data will be analyzed in EPI-INFO 2000. SAS 9.0 and from the database created .

Conditions

LUMBAR BACK PAIN; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY

Keywords

LUMBAR BACK pain; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; HATHA YOGA

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

  Ratings of pain intensity according to the pregnant woman. Checking the initial interview, the beginning and end of each session of Yoga. The scale will be presented to the patient with a drawing where you see three little faces on a graphic scale, rating pain in ascending order, with a score of zero to ten (Olsen, NOLAN, Kori, 1992)

  10 weeks

• confirmatory low back pain test

  The therapist will ask the mother to stand with feet together, the woman held the bending bending the trunk forward until the time you start bending the legs. It is positive if patient reported back pain and reported pain with palpation of the musculature of this area and in moving the trunk in a circle.

  10 weeks

• Confirmatory pelvic pain test

  The therapist will place the pregnant woman lying supine, ask for a leg flexion and extension of the other on the floor. The femoral leg will be bent in the vertical and the physiotherapist push towards the ground, simultaneously stabilizing the pelvis. It is positive when the patient to recognize the pain .Low back pain, Trunk Flexion the therapist will ask the mother to stand with feet together, the woman held the bending bending the trunk forward until the time you start bending the legs. It is positive if patient reported pain in the deep gluteal area and turnning night on the bed.

  10 weeks

Study Arms (2)

postural orientations

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The group of postural orientations receive a pamphlet containing information about the sitting, standing and lying postures to be performed at home for 10 weeks.The marking of the note pain will be before and after 10 weeks.

Behavioral: hatha yoga

hatha yoga exercises

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The allocates women will participate in the Hatha yoga class for 10 weeks. At first in class, the women will make a note of pain according to VAS. Class Moments: heating ten minutes, forty minutes postures of stretching and strengthening exercises and breathing exercises, ten minutes of relaxation and meditation. Marking note of pain after practice.

Behavioral: hatha yoga

Interventions

hatha yoga BEHAVIORAL

The women's group of Yoga will participate in ten week sessions of Yoga once a week for an hour. The sessions will be taught by instructor of Hatha Yoga. For the intervention were chosen 37 postures, three breathing exercises. The sessions were divided into three stages: quieting the mind , breathing rate and the heating of the main joints, postures and breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation. At the beginning and end of each session, we evaluated the pain intensity.Pregnant women in the control group Postural orientations will receive a booklet containing guidelines postural figures and explanatory text on some possible changes in the curvatures of the spine during pregnancy suggestions for positioning of the spine for daily activities, lying postures, sitting and standing. After ten weeks the two groups will be scheduled for the final collection of data.

hatha yoga exercises; postural orientations

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Lower back pain and / or posterior pelvic pain when completing the interview. Gestational age greater than or equal to 12 weeks.

You may not qualify if:

• Twin pregnancy. Medical restrictions on the exercise. Be doing physical therapy for the symptom of back pain and / or posterior pelvic

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Campinas, Brazil: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Martins RF, Pinto e Silva JL. Treatment of pregnancy-related lumbar and pelvic girdle pain by the yoga method: a randomized controlled study. J Altern Complement Med. 2014 Jan;20(1):24-31. doi: 10.1089/acm.2012.0715. Epub 2013 Mar 18.

  PMID: 23506189 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Pelvic Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Roseny F Martins, Msc

  Universtity of Campinas

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principal investigator (student)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2012
• First Posted: April 13, 2012
• Study Start: June 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2012
• Study Completion: March 1, 2012
• Last Updated: April 13, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-04