Status:

COMPLETED

Effects of Core Stabilization Exercise on Balance

Lead Sponsor:

Khon Kaen University

Conditions:

Lumbar Spine Instability

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Recent studies indicate that patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) present problems in balance. Alterations in proprioception are the possible causes of alteration of postural balance in LBP. Pre...

Detailed Description

Low back pain (LBP) is the most common musculoskeletal complaint. In most LBPs, it is benign and disappears within six weeks, but approximately 20% of individuals with LBP do not show any improvement ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • male or female
  • aged between 20-60 years
  • low back pain (LBP) with or without radiating leg pain for period of at least 12 weeks
  • answer 'yes' at least seven items of questionnaire
  • present positive sign of the aberrant movement sign
  • Present at least one positive sign from painful catch , prone instability catch test, or apprehension symptom

Exclusion

  • Be pregnant.
  • Have serious spinal pathology: spinal fracture, spinal malignancy or spinal infection
  • Have quada equina syndrome
  • Have neurological deficit (at least 2 of the following signs: weakness of lower limbs (muscle power \< grade 3 using manual muscle test), reflex changes, or abnormality or loss of sensation of lower limbs associated with the spinal nerve root
  • Have obvious abnormal movement of the lumbar motion segment when assessed by flexion-extension radiographs: sagittal plane translation larger than 4.5mm or 15 percent of vertebral body width according to other vertebral segment, or sagittal plane rotation larger than 15 degrees at L1-L2, L2-L3 or L3-L4, 20 degrees at L4-L5 or 25 degrees at L5-S1
  • Have visual disorder, vestibular disorder, neuromuscular diseases such as polyneuropathy, or diabetes neuropathy
  • Participate in their intervention less than 5 out of the 10 week of intervention.
  • Regularly treat with core stabilization exercise (CSE), or trunk strengthen exercises.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02200913

Start Date

August 1 2014

End Date

July 1 2019

Last Update

January 27 2020

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Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance

Khon Kaen, Thailand, 40002