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Status unknownNCT05748509Updated Mar 3, 2023

COMPARISON OF THE LUMBAR EXTANSOR MUSCLES' ACTIVATIONS

An observational study in Low Back Pain, sponsored by Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University. Status unknown at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-03.

Sponsored by Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
20
Ages
18 Years to 30 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Low back pain is a public health problem faced by 65-80% of the world's population at some point in their lives. Although the prognosis for low back pain is considered good, 80% of patients with acute low back pain recover within 6 weeks, and 7-10% of them have complaints that last longer than 3 months and become chronic, causing great labor and economic loss.

A multidisciplinary approach is often required in the treatment of low back pain, which is one of the most common diseases in the society and one of the most expensive diseases in terms of both labor loss and treatment cost. In this approach, waist exercises and waist protection training are accepted as an effective and economical method. In our society, there is no conscious education and exercise habits about the techniques of protecting back health. Most patients with chronic low back pain initially ignore low back pain, but apply to health centers when symptoms related to low back pathology become severe. In many studies, it has been shown that strong waist and abdominal muscles and good physical condition reduce musculoskeletal damage in low back traumas. Most studies show that back extensors and flexors are of low strength in patients with low back pain compared to asymptomatic individuals. In the study conducted by Lee et al. on 3000 male workers, it was found that low back pain was lower in those with exercise habits. In a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in 2017, it was reported that leisure time physical activity can reduce the risk of chronicity of nonspecific low back pain by 11-16%.

When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are different exercise approaches recommended for the conservative treatment of low back pain. There are studies reporting that pilates is effective in terms of pain, disability, kinesiophobia, function, quality of life, flexibility and balance in patients with low back pain and that it has no harmful effects. In another study, it was reported that traditional Chinese exercises are effective in terms of pain, disability and cognitive function in low back pain, and interventions performed 1-2 times a week and 3-4 times a week are associated with reduced pain. Liu et al. In a study conducted in 2019 by Chen-style Tai Chi in individuals aged 50 years and older with chronic nonspecific low back pain, it was found that Chen style Tai Chi reduced pain but did not improve lower extremity proprioception. Wieland et al. showed that yoga led to small or moderate improvements in low back-related functions at three and six months, compared with non-exercise controls in chronic nonspecific low back pain. However, while there are only subjective measurements in the literature about which one is more effective, there is no evidence that includes objective measurements. For this purpose, in this study, the investigators aim to determine which of the different exercises recommended for low back pain contract the muscle more effectively and compare these measurements with anthropometric measurements.

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Conditions studied

  • Low Back Pain

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Keywords

  • Lumbal Lordosis
  • Thoracic Kyphosis
  • Muscle Activation
  • Low Back Exercises
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In context

Low Back Pain

2,818 studies on the registry are indexed under Low Back Pain; 482 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 100 across 475 observational studies indexed under Low Back Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University is the lead sponsor of 228 studies on the registry; 53 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 30 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Individuals who agreed to participate in the study were determined as individuals between the ages of 18-30.

Inclusion criteria

  • Individuals who agreed to participate in the study
  • Individuals between the ages of 18-30

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals with congenital lumbar pathology,
  • who had previously operated on the back, lumbar region
  • who had scoliosis
  • who had a length difference in the lower extremities
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
20 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • OtherSurface EMG activations

    We will try to find out which of the exercises such as pressing the back back, waist extension on the balance ball, lumbar extension in the active prone position, Superman exercises have better lumbar extensor muscle activations. Muscle activations of individuals will be evaluated using superficial EMG. An 8-channel EMG Noraxon MiniDTS system (Noraxon, USA, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ) will be used to measure signals from the muscles.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Surface EMG activations

    The investigators will try to find out which of the exercises such as pressing the back back, waist extension on the balance ball, lumbar extension in the active prone position, Superman exercises have better lumbar extensor muscle activations. Muscle activations of individuals will be evaluated using superficial EMG. An 8-channel EMG Noraxon MiniDTS system (Noraxon, USA, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ) will be used to measure signals from the muscles.

    Time frame: 4 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
    Ankara, Etlik 06010, Turkey
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 3, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05748509
Lead sponsor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 28, 2023
Start date
Mar 22, 2023 (estimated)
Primary completion
Apr 22, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
May 20, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 3, 2023

Study contacts

Caglar Soylu, PhD
Contact
caglar.soylu@sbu.edu.tr
+905078593595

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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