Effectiveness of Mat Pilates Exercises in Individuals With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Launched by FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA · Sep 30, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

There is evidence that exercises based on the Pilates method reduce pain in chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNLBP). However, is noticed the lack of studies that compare the effectiveness of mat Pilates to no intervention in the treatment of individual with CNLBP. Therefore, the main objective of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of mat Pilates compared to no intervention in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. It is a randomized controlled trial with two arms and double blinded (caregiver, assessor and outcome assessor), composed of 30 patients, aged between 18- 65 ye...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Complaining of non-specific low back pain for more than three months without radicular symptoms for a period exceeding 12 months.
• • Pain intensity equal to or more than 3 points evaluated by the Pain Numerical Rating Scale in the last seven days.
• • Eligibility to practice physical activity responding to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire - PAR-Q
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Degenerative or inflammatory pathologies of the spine,
• • Acute crisis of pain in the shoulders, knees, ankles and spine
• • Spinal tumors
• • Recent surgery on the spine, lower and upper limbs
• • Herniated disc
• • Spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis
• • Rheumatologic diseases
• • Patients who are in labor dispute
• • In treatment involving Pilates, physiotherapy or medication.
• • Do not understand the writing and speaking Portuguese.