Postural Re-education in Low Back Pain

University of Bologna100 enrolled

Overview

The Global Postural Re-Education is a global approach for the treatment of musculoskeletal disease. Using specific progressive posture for stretching particular shortened chain muscle the method wants to equilibrate the never-ending war between static and dynamic muscles by guiding the patient in a particular breathing pattern to maintain a correct posture and feeling it.

In some countries there is a physical therapy method called "Global Posture Reeducation" (GPR), which was developed by Philippe Emmanuel Souchard based on 20 years of clinical experience.The method consist to balance the miofascial tension probably responsible for an articular overloading. The method stretches the shortened antigravity muscles that are inside a different static muscles chains. GPR is a global approach that search the biomechanics cause in the near areas, and involves actively the patient in the postural and gestural changes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Global Postural Re-educationOTHER

The treatment in Global Postural Re-education is a global approach that seeks to identify the biomechanical cause of the problem also in other parts of the body and involves actively the patient in the postural change. Using principles like causality, globality and individuality, the treatment consists of the use for one hour of progressive active stretching posture for specific muscular chain that are shortened. Every posture is maintained for 20 minutes with controlled breathing and the use of manual traction

Standard Exercise TrainingOTHER

The exercise programme included passive lumbar flexion, pelvic tilt, strengthening of flexor muscles, strengthening of extensor muscles, spine mobilization and stretching exercises.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Lumbalgia Diagnosis * Age 18-80 Exclusion Criteria: * Migrated hernia * Calcified disc hernia * Spondylolisthesis * Other physiotherapeutic interventions within 6 months of the baseline assessment. * Surgical operation within six months of baseline * Cancer syndrome, Neurological and rheumatic diseases

Locations (1)

Ecm Eur Centro Medico

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Roland & Morris Disability Questionnaire

Time frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Oswestry Disability Index

Time frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months

Pain Drawing and Visual Analogue Scale (V.A.S.)

Time frame: Baseline, 3 mounths, 6 months

Fingertip-to-floor test

Time frame: Baseline, 3 mounths, 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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