NCT05771233

Effectiveness of Abdominal Muscle Strengthening and Pelvic Control in the Prevention of Dance Injuries

Status unknown NA Last updated 16 March 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Prevention in Lumbar Hyperlordosis in 40 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

9 March 2023

Primary endpoint
22 June 2023

20 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidad de Murcia
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	factorial
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	40
Start date	9 March 2023
Primary completion	22 June 2023
Estimated completion	20 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Prevention

Conditions studied

• Lumbar Hyperlordosis — all drugs for Lumbar Hyperlordosis →
• Athletic Injuries — all drugs for Athletic Injuries →

Sponsor

Universidad de Murcia — full company profile →

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Lumbar Hyperlordosis or Athletic Injuries. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Introduction. After observing the lack of lumbo-pelvic control and the difficulty in identifying the musculature used when performing the different dance positions, it was decided to carry out an exercise intervention to strengthen the abdominal musculature and lumbo-pelvic stabilization with dancers of the Dance Conservatory of Murcia. Approximately 40 students in the 6th year of professional dance of the 4 specialties taught will participate in this study.

Objectives. To improve abdominal musculature, lumbo-pelvic stability, dance technique and proprioception, to favor the correct integration of the dancer's body scheme and muscular synergies, to reduce the risk of injury and to avoid muscular compensations in the specific Arabesque dance position.

Methods. In order to develop the study, two individual and specific assessments of the dancer will be performed, pre and post intervention. In these, data and personal history were collected, assessing joint ranges and asymmetries in the movement of upper and lower limbs, and musculoskeletal assessment of the spine, hip and knee was performed by orthopedic tests. Flexibility of the ischiosural muscles will be evaluated by means of the toes-floor test and the popliteal angle test, and muscle strength in the abdominal and lumbar region for the muscles most involved in the Arabesque movement. In addition, core stability will be assessed by specific tests and hip and knee extension range along with the increase in lumbar curve when performing Arabesque.

The intervention will be carried out through group sessions of 4 to 6 participants, and exercises aimed at muscle strengthening and improving lumbo-pelvic stability will be taught. The intervention will be performed 1 hour per week, with each group, for 2 months and they will be instructed to work this routine two hours per week at home.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.