NCT03831867

Changes in Sagittal Spine Posture and Flexibility on Adolescents

Completed NA Last updated 6 February 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Pilates in Adolescent Behavior in 286 participants. Completed in 30 June 2017.

Timeline

15 September 2016

Primary endpoint
1 October 2016

30 June 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	286
Start date	15 September 2016
Primary completion	1 October 2016
Estimated completion	30 June 2017

Drugs / interventions tested

• Pilates

Conditions studied

• Adolescent Behavior — all drugs for Adolescent Behavior →

Sponsor

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Who can join

Adults 11 to 17, any sex, with Adolescent Behavior. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Several research show a high prevalence of spinal misalignments and a lack of stability of the spine in the adolescent population. In addition, back pain in adolescents is correlated with a longer time spent in sedentary activities, less time of physical activity, higher BMI, body fat percentage and / or the waist-hip index.

Therefore, the main aim of this project were assess the effect of a 10-minute Pilates program carried out in the final part of the Physical Education sessions for 4.5 months and 9 months on back pain, quality of life, sagittal spine curvature, hamstring extensibility, BMI, body fat percentage and the waist-hip index.

The present research will be elaborated by a quasi-experimental design, with experimental group (GE) and control group (CG); with pre-test, intermediate and post-test.

The inclusion criteria will be: a) being in Compulsory Secondary Education; b) not present any musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiological, metabolic, rheumatic or previous history of spinal pathologies or with previous treatment; c) be active in the sessions of Physical Education.

It was assessed back pain with Back Pain Survey in adolescents. Quality of life was assessed through the Kidscreen-27 questionnaire. To assess the sagittal spinal curvatura (in several positions) the Spinal Mouse System (Idiag, Fehraltdorf, Switzerland) was used.

The extensibility of hamstring muscle was assessed with seat and reach test, toe touch test and active and passive straight leg raising test.

The sedentary lifestyle as well as the level of physical activity will be evaluated through the Adolescent International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).

The body mass index will be obtained by recording weight and height (BMI = Weight (kg) / height (cm) 2).

The waist-hip ratio is the quotient between waist and hip circumferences, which is an indirect marker of intra-abdominal obesity.

The intervention program consisted on performance of exercises of the Pilates Method during the sessions of Physical Education, 32 weeks, two weekly sessions, 10 minutes.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effect of 9-month Pilates program on sagittal spinal curvatures and hamstring extensibility in adolescents: randomised controlled trial.
   González-Gálvez N, Marcos-Pardo PJ, Trejo-Alfaro H, Vaquero-Cristóbal R. · · 2020 · cited 20× · PMID 32561877 · DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-66641-2
2. Back Pain Related with Age, Anthropometric Variables, Sagittal Spinal Curvatures, Hamstring Extensibility, Physical Activity and Health Related Quality of Life in Male and Female High School Students.
   González-Gálvez N, Vaquero-Cristóbal R, López-Vivancos A, Albaladejo-Saura M, et al · · 2020 · cited 13× · PMID 33036288 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph17197293
3. Effects of a Pilates programme in spinal curvatures and hamstring extensibility in adolescents with thoracic hyperkyphosis: a randomised controlled trial.
   González-Gálvez N, Marcos-Pardo PJ, Albaladejo-Saura M, López-Vivancos A, et al · · 2023 · cited 9× · PMID 37294727 · DOI 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-140901
4. Gender Mediation in Adolescents' Back Pain and Physical Fitness: A Cross-Sectional Study.
   González-Gálvez N, Carrasco-Poyatos M, Vaquero-Cristóbal R, Marcos-Pardo PJ. · · 2022 · cited 3× · PMID 35455873 · DOI 10.3390/healthcare10040696