The study is a single-blind controlled randomized clinical trial.
Patients will be recruited and then randomly assigned by an external collaborator to the experimental group or to the control group. To the patients that belong to the experimental group will be asked to watch a video showing a person carrying out some exercises (12 exercises: 3 of stretching, 3 of core stability, 3 of mobilization and 3 of functional) and then they will have to practice them.On the other hand, to the patients that belong to the control group will be given a brochure with the same exercises the patients of the experimental group received through the video. Both groups will have to watch the video or read the brochure and repeat the exercises 5 times per week for 3 weeks. Patients will be evaluated before the treatment (T0), three weeks after the beginning (T1) and 4 months upon the end of it (T2). The evaluation will consist in the administration of the Oswestry Disability Index, of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, of the Numerical Rating Scale and of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36. A physiotherapist will instruct the patients about the exercises while a second one blinded about the belonging group of patients, will administer the evaluation scales.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
They have to watch a video showing a person carrying out exercises (12 exercises: 3 of stretching, 3 of core stability, 3 of mobilization and 3 of functional). then they have to practice them. The observation of the exercises and their performance last 8 minutes (4 minutes for observation and 4 minutes for practice). They have to repeat the exercises 5 times per week for 3 weeks.
Execution of exercises: 3 of stretching, 3 of core stability, 3 of mobilization and 3 of functional activity. Patients of the control group recieve a brochure with the same exercises the patients of the experimental group received through the video. They will be asked to read the exercise 3 times and to practice it for 4 minutes. They have to repeat the exercises 5 times per week for 3 weeks.
Roberto Gatti
Rozzano, Milan, Italy
Change of disability of patients
Change in Oswestry Disability Index (ODI-I). Range: 0 (lower disability), 50 (higher disability)
Time frame: Patients will be evaluated before the treatment (T0), three weeks after the beginning (T1) and 4 months upon the end of it (T2)
Pain of patients
Numeric rating Scale (NRS), Range: 0 (no pain), 10 (maximum pain)
Time frame: Patients will be evaluated before the treatment (T0), three weeks after the beginning (T1) and 4 months upon the end of it (T2)
Quality of life of patients
Short form 36.36 Items divided in 8 sub-scales. Each of the 8 summed scores is linearly transformed onto a scale from 0 (negative health) to 100 (positive health) to provide a score for each subscale. Each subscale is used indipendently.
Time frame: Patients will be evaluated before the treatment (T0), three weeks after the beginning (T1) and 4 months upon the end of it (T2)
fear of movement of patients
TAMPA Scale of kinesiophobia, Range: 13 (minimum level of kinesiophobia)- 52 (maximum level of kinesiophobia).
Time frame: Patients will be evaluated before the treatment (T0), three weeks after the beginning (T1) and 4 months upon the end of it (T2)
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