Pilates Method and Therapeutic Exercise in Children That Play String Instruments

NCT04438707 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: CEUSP
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction: An inappropriate posture in children for a while kept playing some instrument of the group of the rubbed string, can cause pain and alterations of the spine, as it continues to consolidate. Objective: To study the benefits acquired during the application of the Pilates Method combined with therapeutic exercise against the Therapeutic Exercise to reduce alterations of the vertebral rachis in children from 10 to 14 years old who play instruments of rubbed strings.

Conditions

Postural Kyphosis; Postural Lordosis; Postural Low Back Pain

Keywords

Pilates; Therapeutic Exercise; Children; String instruments; Vertebral column

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• SVA

  to assess the pain in children. The child must choose a number (0-10) depending of the pain intensity.

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Kinovea tool

  4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Pilates Method combined with Therapeutic exercice.

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: Therapeutic exercise

Interventions

Pilates Method combined with Therapeutic exercice. OTHER

Children must perform specific exercices in this combined method with the pilates principes (for back) during 50 min (1 day per week) for 4 weeks.

Experimental group

Therapeutic exercise OTHER

Children must perform specific exercices without the pilates principes (for back) during 50 min (1 day per week) for 4 weeks.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects with typical development and ages between 10 and 14 years old.
• Subjects who play the violin, viola, cello or double bass. Subjects who have learned to play the violin, viola, cello or double bass in this school year or up to a maximum of four previous years, eligible to receive Pilates classes.
• Subjects with cognitive ability to understand simple orders.
• Subjects who are enrolled this year in Orchestrated Neighborhoods.

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects whose ages are not between 10 and 14 years of age.
• Subjects who do not play the violin, viola, cello, or double bass.Subjects who have more than four school years playing the violin, viola, cello or double bass.
• Subjects who do not have cognitive capacity to understand simple orders.
• Subjects who are not registered this year in Orchestrated Neighborhoods.
• Subjects who do not complete the four sessions of Therapeutic Exercise + Pilates or Therapeutic Exercise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CEU San Pablo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Carolina Poncela

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, 38111, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Exercise Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Officials

• Carolina Poncela, Therapyst

  CEU San Pablo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: Pilot study designed by a randomized controlled trial in two parallel intervention groups

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 1, 2020
• First Posted: June 19, 2020
• Study Start: April 8, 2019
• Primary Completion: April 9, 2019
• Study Completion: September 25, 2020
• Last Updated: January 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2020-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: When the study is finished and all the data are analized by SPSS. It will be available for 6 months.

Locations

ES (1)