Kettlebell Swings & Low Back Pressure Pain Threshold

NCT03696615 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 020551
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a high intensity kettlebell workout, utilizing a Tabata protocol format, can decrease objective measures of pain pressure threshold in subjects without low back pain. The results of the study could have implications for the use of high intensity kettlebell workouts in the rehabilitation of patients with low back pain.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

high-intensity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pressure measured in kilopascals

  Pressure algometry measured in kilopascals

  1 minute post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Tabata Kettlebell Swings

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group performed: 1. A brief dynamic warm-up (10 clockwise and counterclockwise arm circles, 10 horizontal arm swings, and 15 air squats) 2. Receive instruction on the kettlebell swing 3. Performed a high-intensity workout in a "Tabata Kettlebell Swings" format, which involves 20 seconds of all out effort followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated for a total of 8 times.

Other: Tabata Kettlebell Swing Workout

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in this group performed: 1\. A brief dynamic warm-up (10 clockwise and counterclockwise arm circles, 10 horizontal arm swings, and 15 air squats)

Other: Control

Interventions

Tabata Kettlebell Swing Workout OTHER

See description of experimental arm.

Tabata Kettlebell Swings

Control OTHER

see description of control arm

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Those subjects between the ages of 18 and 45
• No current low back pain or pre-existing injuries that may be currently affecting them
• No positive response on the Health History questionnaire and PAR-Q.

You may not qualify if:

• Current low back pain
• Pre-existing injuries currently affecting the subject
• Positive response on the Health History Questionnaire or PAR-Q
• We will also be excluding minors and prisoners from this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Central Florida: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida, 32816, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• William J Hanney, PhD

  University of Central Florida

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2016
• First Posted: October 4, 2018
• Study Start: August 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: October 4, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Locations

US (1)