Effects of a 12-Week Basic Body Awareness Therapy Program on Pain, Mobility, Balance, and Flexibility in Healthy Young Adults

What this Trial Is About

Musculoskeletal pain, poor postural control, and decreased movement quality are growing concerns among young adults, partly due to sedentary lifestyles and low physical activity. Basic Body Awareness Therapy BBAT is a physiotherapy-based mind-body method that aims to improve body awareness, balance, postural stability, and movement quality through controlled functional exercises. This study investigates the effects of a 12-week BBAT program on balance, musculoskeletal pain, spinal mobility, and flexibility in healthy young adults aged 18 to 40 years. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a BBAT intervention group or a control group. The intervention involves weekly supervised BBAT sessions lasting 45 to 60 minutes each, focusing on postural alignment, muscle activation and relaxation, breathing awareness, weight transfer, balance control, and movement quality. The control group will not receive any intervention during the study. The program runs over 12 weeks, with all sessions led by a trained physiotherapist. Participants will be assessed before and after the 12-week period for spinal mobility and flexibility as primary outcomes, along with musculoskeletal pain and balance as secondary outcomes. Assessments include mobility, pain, and balance tests conducted independently by participants. The study tracks changes over the intervention period, with a total participation duration of approximately 12 weeks. Safety and adherence will be monitored throughout the trial.

Basic Body Awareness Therapy for Healthy Young Adults