Status:

COMPLETED

Pilates to Treat Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Federal University of São Paulo

Conditions:

Pain

Quality of Life

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial, with blinded assessor to evaluate the effectiveness of Pilates to treat low back pain. Hypothesis - the Pilates group will have best results than the control gr...

Detailed Description

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a common problem among adults. Approximately 70-85% of the adult population experiences this painful complaint at some point in their lives, making LBP the second m...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • non specific mechanical low back pain
  • visual analogue scale for pain ranging from 4 to 7

Exclusion

  • previous back surgery
  • spinal tumor
  • spinal fracture
  • pregnancy
  • fibromyalgia
  • inflammatory or infectious spinal diseases
  • litigant patients

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01502059

Start Date

June 1 2008

End Date

June 1 2011

Last Update

December 30 2011

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Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 04329010