Postural; DefectUCSNCT05591729
Effect of Pilates on Balance and Spinal Curvature In Upper Crossed Syndrome
A study testing Pilates exercises and postural correction exercise in people with Postural; Defect, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
The study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Pilates exercise on spinal curvature and balance in patients with the upper cross syndrome. . Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 17 to 22 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Postural; Defect
- What is being tested?
- Pilates exercises and postural correction exercise
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 40 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 25 Oct 2022to 1 Dec 2022
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 17 to 22 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- The patient's age ranged from 17 to 22 years
- Body mass index between 20-25 kg/m2
- The participants are diagnosed with upper cross syndrome
- Patients with normal cognitive aspects willing and able to participate in a program safely
Who cannot join
- The participants have experienced any recent trauma (within 3 months of the initial consultation)
- The participant's primary complaint is that of headaches or facial pain.
- Contra-indications to pilates are found pregnancy, hypertension, osteoporosis, and spinal tumors.
- Participants have any sort of structural abnormality in upper and middle back e.g., Scoliosis, or had a positive Adams test.
- Participants who are taking anti-inflammatory or muscle relaxant medication had to have a three-day "wash out" period before participating in the study
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
The study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Pilates exercise on spinal curvature and balance in patients with the upper cross syndrome. .
Read the detailed description
Upper crossed syndrome (UCS) is the most common postural dysfunction in the musculature of the shoulder girdle /cervicothoracic region, which creates joint dysfunction, particularly at the atlanto-occipital joint, cervicothoracic joint C4-C5 segment, glenohumeral joint and T4-T5 segment. Pilates is designed as a program that will work with other exercise programs to strengthen, rebalance and realign the body. Pilates trains individuals to identify their own musculoskeletal strengths and weaknesses and equips them with the knowledge to correct and rebalance their entire body mechanics (Worth,2004) thus, the focus is also placed on improving personal body awareness which further decreases the risks of strain or injury that can occur with imbalances. forty patients with UCS will be allocated randomly into two groups; one experimental group will receive pilates exercise and postural correction twice a week for four weeks, and the control group will receive postural correction exercise along twice a week for four weeks
- Conditions
- Postural; Defect
- Being tested
- Pilates exercises, postural correction exercise
- Keywords
- pilates exercise, upper cross syndrome, balance, spinal curvature
- Medical subject headings
- Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome type Preus, Spinal Curvatures
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Pilates exercisesOther
Each Pilates session will last for one hour. The subjects will be taught the 5 key elements of Pilates (lateral costal breathing, centering which is a neutral position of the lumbar spine with activation of the core muscles, ribcage placement, shoulder blade placement and neutral position of the cervical spine with slight upper cervical flexion at the craniocervical junction). A pilates exercise program will consist of 11 levels of treatment program.
postural correction exerciseOther
the patients will receive postural correction exercises, stretches, and exercises to the pectoralis major, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius, serratus anterior, rhomboids, and deep neck flexors. The stretches included sitting chair stretches, Brugger's, wall angels, and doorway stretches. The exercises included push-up-plus, head-neck-retraction, and Kibler squeeze
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Pilates exercise | Experimental | pilates exercise will be received twice a week for four weeks Receives: Other: Pilates exercises; Other: postural correction exercise |
| postural correction exercise | Active comparator | postural correction exercises will be received twice a week for four weeks Receives: Other: postural correction exercise |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
spinal curvature
spinal mouse will be used to assess thoracic spine curvature. Total angle of the thoracic spine is 41-44 degree.
Measured: up to four weeks
balance
balance will be measured by Biodex balance system
Measured: up to four weeks
Secondary outcomes (4)
craniovertebral angle
craniovertebral angle will be measured by photogrammetric method
Measured: up to four weeks
pain intensity
pain will be measured by visual analogue scale
Measured: up to four weeks
neck function
neck function will be measured by Arabic neck disability index.. It consisting of 10 items with six choices. There is no disability for scores from 0 to 4; 5-14 is mild; 15-24 is moderate; 25-34 is severe, and finally more than 34 is a complete disability.
Measured: up to four weeks
shoulder posture
The shoulder's rounded position will be measured by tap measurement. the patients will be in supine and the therapist measure the distance from their shoulder to the plinth using tape measurements.
Measured: up to four weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Oct 2022
- Study start25 Oct 2022
- Primary completion1 Dec 2022
- Study completion1 Dec 2022
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Postural; DefectStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Cairo UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- pilates exercise and postural correction group
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 40 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Mariam omran Grase, Cairo University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05591729
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- P.T/012/003992
- Acronym
- UCS
- Status last verified
- Feb 2023
- First submitted
- 19 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 16 Feb 2023
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 16 Feb 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of Pilates on Balance and Spinal Curvature In Upper Crossed Syndrome
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05591729
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UCS / P.T/012/003992
- Conditions
- Postural; Defect
- Keywords
- pilates exercise, upper cross syndrome, balance, spinal curvature
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 40 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 25 Oct 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Dec 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Dec 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 24 Oct 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The study will be conducted to investigate the effect of Pilates exercise on spinal curvature and balance in patients with the upper cross syndrome. .
Detailed description
Upper crossed syndrome (UCS) is the most common postural dysfunction in the musculature of the shoulder girdle /cervicothoracic region, which creates joint dysfunction, particularly at the atlanto-occipital joint, cervicothoracic joint C4-C5 segment, glenohumeral joint and T4-T5 segment. Pilates is designed as a program that will work with other exercise programs to strengthen, rebalance and realign the body. Pilates trains individuals to identify their own musculoskeletal strengths and weaknesses and equips them with the knowledge to correct and rebalance their entire body mechanics (Worth,2004) thus, the focus is also placed on improving personal body awareness which further decreases the risks of strain or injury that can occur with imbalances. forty patients with UCS will be allocated randomly into two groups; one experimental group will receive pilates exercise and postural correction twice a week for four weeks, and the control group will receive postural correction exercise along twice a week for four weeks
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (investigator, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- pilates exercise and postural correction group
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Pilates exercise | Experimental | Other: Pilates exercises, Other: postural correction exercisepilates exercise will be received twice a week for four weeks |
| postural correction exercise | Active comparator | Other: postural correction exercisepostural correction exercises will be received twice a week for four weeks |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 17 to 22 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- The patient's age ranged from 17 to 22 years
- Body mass index between 20-25 kg/m2
- The participants are diagnosed with upper cross syndrome
- Patients with normal cognitive aspects willing and able to participate in a program safely
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- The participants have experienced any recent trauma (within 3 months of the initial consultation)
- The participant's primary complaint is that of headaches or facial pain.
- Contra-indications to pilates are found pregnancy, hypertension, osteoporosis, and spinal tumors.
- Participants have any sort of structural abnormality in upper and middle back e.g., Scoliosis, or had a positive Adams test.
- Participants who are taking anti-inflammatory or muscle relaxant medication had to have a three-day "wash out" period before participating in the study
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Pilates exercisesEach Pilates session will last for one hour. The subjects will be taught the 5 key elements of Pilates (lateral costal breathing, centering which is a neutral position of the lumbar spine with activation of the core muscles, ribcage placement, shoulder blade placement and neutral position of the cervical spine with slight upper cervical flexion at the craniocervical junction). A pilates exercise program will consist of 11 levels of treatment program. | Other | Pilates exercise |
| postural correction exercisethe patients will receive postural correction exercises, stretches, and exercises to the pectoralis major, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius, serratus anterior, rhomboids, and deep neck flexors. The stretches included sitting chair stretches, Brugger's, wall angels, and doorway stretches. The exercises included push-up-plus, head-neck-retraction, and Kibler squeeze | Other | Pilates exercise, postural correction exercise |
Primary outcome
spinal curvature
Time frame: up to four weeks
spinal mouse will be used to assess thoracic spine curvature. Total angle of the thoracic spine is 41-44 degree.
balance
Time frame: up to four weeks
balance will be measured by Biodex balance system
4 secondary outcomes
craniovertebral angle
Time frame: up to four weeks
pain intensity
Time frame: up to four weeks
neck function
Time frame: up to four weeks
shoulder posture
Time frame: up to four weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 16 Feb 2023.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Pilates exercises and postural correction exercise in people with Postural; Defect, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Feb 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
spinal curvature (time frame: up to four weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Feb 2023.