Low Back PainNCT06351267
Combined Effects of Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening Exercises on Pregnancy-Induced Back Pain.
A study testing Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises in people with Low Back Pain, run by Riphah International University at 1 site in Pakistan.
Trial summary
The study will be a Randomized controlled trial to check the combined effects of Core Stability Exercises with and without Back strengthening exercises in females with pregnancy-induced back pain, disability, and function so that we can examine the effect of the above techniques on pain, disability and function in… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 45 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Low Back Pain
- What is being tested?
- Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 34 participants
- Where
- 1 sitePakistan
- Study dates
- 5 Apr 2024to 15 Oct 2024
- 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 18 to 45 years
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Pregnant females
- Pregnant female in their second and third trimester.
- Multi gravida patient
- Low back pain intensity greater than 4 out of 10 on NPRS, indicating moderate to severe.
Who cannot join
- Placenta previa
- Bleeding or spotting
- Low back pain before pregnancy
- Pregnancy-induced hypertension
- Pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome.
- Not simultaneously partaking in pelvic floor physical therapy.
- No evoked tenderness upon palpation of levatorani sling at examination.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Combined Effects of Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening Exercises on Pregnancy-Induced Back Pain, Disability and Function.
The study will be a Randomized controlled trial to check the combined effects of Core Stability Exercises with and without Back strengthening exercises in females with pregnancy-induced back pain, disability, and function so that we can examine the effect of the above techniques on pain, disability and function in pregnant females Non-probability convenience sampling technique will be used, subject following eligibility criteria from Society Hospital Nabipura Lahore will be randomly allocated in two groups. Group A participants will be given core stability exercises with back strengthening exercises, Group B participants will be given core stability exercises for 4 weeks. Assessment will be done via, Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Oswestry disability index questionnaire and Back pain Functional Scale.
Read the detailed description
Pregnancy-inducedBack pain causes weakness of abdominal muscles and pelvic muscles which affects core stability and back strength of pregnant women. In this study, the effects of Core Stability Exercises with and without Back strengthening exercises in pregnancy-induced back pain population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized controlled trial. Core stability exercises and Strengthening exercises program would be applied to pregnant females with pregnancy-induced back pain. Subjects meeting the predetermined inclusion criteria will be divided into two groups. Assessment will be done using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire, and Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS). Subjects in one group will be treated with core stability exercises with back strengthening exercises, and the other will be treated with core stability exercises only. Each subject will receive a total of 20 treatment sessions, with 05 treatment sessions per week. Measurements will be recorded at the start and end of the treatment session. Recorded values will be analyzed for any change using SPSS.
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Being tested
- Core Stability Exercises, Back Strengthening exercises
- Medical subject headings
- Low Back Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Core Stability ExercisesOther
Core stability exercises will be used to strengthen the core muscles, which includes sets of exercises like pelvic tilts, wall squatting, bridging, bird dog and heel walking which targets core muscles.
Back Strengthening exercisesOther
Back strengthening exercises will be used to strengthen the back muscles which include sets of exercises that target back muscles like cat-cow exercise, child pose, heel sits, and kegels.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises group: | Experimental | we will ask the patient to perform a combined exercise program of core stability exercises program with a back strengthening exercises program. 5 sessions per week and post-intervention assessment after 4 weeks follow-up Receives: Other: Core Stability Exercises; Other: Back Strengthening exercises |
| Core Stability Exercise group | Active comparator | In this group, patients will only perform the Core Stability Exercises program. 5 sessions per week and post-intervention assessment after 4 weeks follow-up Receives: Other: Core Stability Exercises |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
The NPRS is a segmented numeric scale in which the respondent selects a whole number (0-10 integers) that best reflects the intensity of his/her pain. The common format is a horizontal bar or line. NPRS is anchored by terms describing pain severity extremes. changes from Baseline to 4 week
Measured: up to 4 weeks
Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire
The Oswestry disability index questionnaire gives subjective percentage score of level of function(disability) in activities of daily living in those rehabilitating from low back pain with level of disability in 10 everyday activities. Each item consists of 6 options with score 0-5. With 0 indicating least disability and 5 greater then total score will be calculated as percentage. 0% indicating no disability and 100% highest level of disability.
Measured: up to 4 weeks
Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS):
The BPFS is a subjective scale used to measure the patient physical function after low back pain. It consists of 12 items and total score of 60. The maximum score indicates maximum physical abilities of patient. 0 being no physical abilities and 60 being no difficulty in any activity
Measured: up to 4 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted8 Apr 2024
- Study start5 Apr 2024
- Primary completion1 Oct 2024
- Study completion15 Oct 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (7)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Low Back PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Riphah International 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
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Marwa Shafiq Dar, MS*, Principal investigator, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06351267
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- REC/RCR & AHS/23/0568
- Status last verified
- Nov 2024
- First submitted
- 2 Apr 2024
- Last updated
- 20 Nov 2024
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Kluge J, Hall D, Louw Q, Theron G, Grove D. Specific exercises to treat pregnancy-related low back pain in a South African population. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Jun;113(3):187-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.10.030. Epub 2011 Apr 1.
PubMed 21458811Ghaderi F, Mohammadi K, Amir Sasan R, Niko Kheslat S, Oskouei AE. Effects of Stabilization Exercises Focusing on Pelvic Floor Muscles on Low Back Pain and Urinary Incontinence in Women. Urology. 2016 Jul;93:50-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.03.034. Epub 2016 Apr 5.
PubMed 27059833Weis CA, Nash J, Triano JJ, Barrett J. Ultrasound Assessment of Abdominal Muscle Thickness in Women With and Without Low Back Pain During Pregnancy. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2017 May;40(4):230-235. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Apr 12.
PubMed 28410762Richardson CA, Jull GA. Muscle control-pain control. What exercises would you prescribe? Man Ther. 1995 Nov;1(1):2-10. doi: 10.1054/math.1995.0243.
PubMed 11327788Mamipour H, Farazmehr S, Negahban H, Nazary-Moghadam S, Dehghan-Manshadi F, Navi Nezhad M, Jafari S, Sharifzadeh M. Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Pain, Functional Disability, and Quality of Life in Pregnant Women With Lumbar and Pelvic Girdle Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2023 Jan;46(1):27-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.05.005. Epub 2023 Jul 7.
PubMed 37422748Katonis P, Kampouroglou A, Aggelopoulos A, Kakavelakis K, Lykoudis S, Makrigiannakis A, Alpantaki K. Pregnancy-related low back pain. Hippokratia. 2011 Jul;15(3):205-10.
PubMed 22435016Barbier M, Blanc J, Faust C, Baumstarck K, Ranque-Garnier S, Bretelle F. Standardized Stretching Postural postures to treat low-back pain in pregnancy: the GEMALODO randomized clinical trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Oct;5(10):101087. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101087. Epub 2023 Jul 11.
PubMed 37437692
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Nov 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Combined Effects of Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening Exercises on Pregnancy-Induced Back Pain, Disability and Function.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06351267
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- REC/RCR & AHS/23/0568
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 34 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Riphah International UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 5 Apr 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Oct 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 15 Oct 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 8 Apr 2024 (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 a Randomized controlled trial to check the combined effects of Core Stability Exercises with and without Back strengthening exercises in females with pregnancy-induced back pain, disability, and function so that we can examine the effect of the above techniques on pain, disability and function in pregnant females Non-probability convenience sampling technique will be used, subject following eligibility criteria from Society Hospital Nabipura Lahore will be randomly allocated in two groups. Group A participants will be given core stability exercises with back strengthening exercises, Group B participants will be given core stability exercises for 4 weeks. Assessment will be done via, Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Oswestry disability index questionnaire and Back pain Functional Scale.
Detailed description
Pregnancy-inducedBack pain causes weakness of abdominal muscles and pelvic muscles which affects core stability and back strength of pregnant women. In this study, the effects of Core Stability Exercises with and without Back strengthening exercises in pregnancy-induced back pain population will be analyzed. This study will be a randomized controlled trial. Core stability exercises and Strengthening exercises program would be applied to pregnant females with pregnancy-induced back pain. Subjects meeting the predetermined inclusion criteria will be divided into two groups. Assessment will be done using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire, and Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS). Subjects in one group will be treated with core stability exercises with back strengthening exercises, and the other will be treated with core stability exercises only. Each subject will receive a total of 20 treatment sessions, with 05 treatment sessions per week. Measurements will be recorded at the start and end of the treatment session. Recorded values will be analyzed for any change using SPSS.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises group: | Experimental | Other: Core Stability Exercises, Other: Back Strengthening exerciseswe will ask the patient to perform a combined exercise program of core stability exercises program with a back strengthening exercises program. 5 sessions per week and post-intervention assessment after 4 weeks follow-up |
| Core Stability Exercise group | Active comparator | Other: Core Stability ExercisesIn this group, patients will only perform the Core Stability Exercises program. 5 sessions per week and post-intervention assessment after 4 weeks follow-up |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 45 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Pregnant females
- Pregnant female in their second and third trimester.
- Multi gravida patient
- Low back pain intensity greater than 4 out of 10 on NPRS, indicating moderate to severe.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Placenta previa
- Bleeding or spotting
- Low back pain before pregnancy
- Pregnancy-induced hypertension
- Pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Stability ExercisesCore stability exercises will be used to strengthen the core muscles, which includes sets of exercises like pelvic tilts, wall squatting, bridging, bird dog and heel walking which targets core muscles. | Other | Core Stability Exercise group, Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises group: |
| Back Strengthening exercisesBack strengthening exercises will be used to strengthen the back muscles which include sets of exercises that target back muscles like cat-cow exercise, child pose, heel sits, and kegels. | Other | Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises group: |
Primary outcome
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Time frame: up to 4 weeks
The NPRS is a segmented numeric scale in which the respondent selects a whole number (0-10 integers) that best reflects the intensity of his/her pain. The common format is a horizontal bar or line. NPRS is anchored by terms describing pain severity extremes. changes from Baseline to 4 week
Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire
Time frame: up to 4 weeks
The Oswestry disability index questionnaire gives subjective percentage score of level of function(disability) in activities of daily living in those rehabilitating from low back pain with level of disability in 10 everyday activities. Each item consists of 6 options with score 0-5. With 0 indicating least disability and 5 greater then total score will be calculated as percentage. 0% indicating no disability and 100% highest level of disability.
Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS):
Time frame: up to 4 weeks
The BPFS is a subjective scale used to measure the patient physical function after low back pain. It consists of 12 items and total score of 60. The maximum score indicates maximum physical abilities of patient. 0 being no physical abilities and 60 being no difficulty in any activity
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 20 Nov 2024.
- Background: PubMed 21458811Kluge J, Hall D, Louw Q, Theron G, Grove D. Specific exercises to treat pregnancy-related low back pain in a South African population. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 Jun;113(3):187-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.10.030. Epub 2011 Apr 1.
- Background: PubMed 27059833Ghaderi F, Mohammadi K, Amir Sasan R, Niko Kheslat S, Oskouei AE. Effects of Stabilization Exercises Focusing on Pelvic Floor Muscles on Low Back Pain and Urinary Incontinence in Women. Urology. 2016 Jul;93:50-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.03.034. Epub 2016 Apr 5.
- Background: PubMed 28410762Weis CA, Nash J, Triano JJ, Barrett J. Ultrasound Assessment of Abdominal Muscle Thickness in Women With and Without Low Back Pain During Pregnancy. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2017 May;40(4):230-235. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Apr 12.
- Background: PubMed 11327788Richardson CA, Jull GA. Muscle control-pain control. What exercises would you prescribe? Man Ther. 1995 Nov;1(1):2-10. doi: 10.1054/math.1995.0243.
- Background: PubMed 37422748Mamipour H, Farazmehr S, Negahban H, Nazary-Moghadam S, Dehghan-Manshadi F, Navi Nezhad M, Jafari S, Sharifzadeh M. Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Pain, Functional Disability, and Quality of Life in Pregnant Women With Lumbar and Pelvic Girdle Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2023 Jan;46(1):27-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.05.005. Epub 2023 Jul 7.
- Background: PubMed 22435016Katonis P, Kampouroglou A, Aggelopoulos A, Kakavelakis K, Lykoudis S, Makrigiannakis A, Alpantaki K. Pregnancy-related low back pain. Hippokratia. 2011 Jul;15(3):205-10.
- Background: PubMed 37437692Barbier M, Blanc J, Faust C, Baumstarck K, Ranque-Garnier S, Bretelle F. Standardized Stretching Postural postures to treat low-back pain in pregnancy: the GEMALODO randomized clinical trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Oct;5(10):101087. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101087. Epub 2023 Jul 11.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
Marwa Shafiq Dar, MS* principal investigator
Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Core Stability Exercises and Back Strengthening exercises in people with Low Back Pain, run by Riphah International University at 1 site in Pakistan.
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 7 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 20 Nov 2024. 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 Pakistan. 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?
Numeric Pain Rating Scale (time frame: up to 4 weeks). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06351267, which also lists 7 linked publications.
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 20 Nov 2024.