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Effects of GPR on Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Brazil42 participantsStarted 2025-06-01

Plain-language summary

Introduction: Low back pain affects approximately 18.5% of the Brazilian population in adulthood, significantly impacting the quality of life and generating substantial costs for the health system. The Global Postural Reeducation Method (GPR) is a promising therapeutic alternative due to its multidimensional approach, capable of improving postural control and reducing pain. Objectives: to evaluate the Efficacy of the RPG method compared to simulated RPG (SHAM) in treating patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Methods: Randomized sham-controlled clinical trial. Forty-two adult individuals with chronic nonspecific low back pain will be recruited and distributed into two groups: the Experimental Group (EG), which will receive GPR sessions, and the Control Group (CG), which will receive RPG-SHAM sessions. Both groups will be treated for 30 minutes once a week for 8 weeks. Descriptive analysis will be performed, continuous variables will be summarized to the mean, and standard deviation and categorical variables will be summarized as absolute and relative frequencies. To assess the effects of the intervention over team, analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures will be used, with a significance level of 5% (p \< 0.05). Expected Results: This study is expected to provide robust evidence on the effectiveness of RPG in treating patients with low back pain, contributing to a better understanding of this complex health condition. The results will potentially positively impact the clinical practice of Orthopedic Physiotherapy, offering an exercise-based and accessible approach for treating patients with low back pain.

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years – 55 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged between 18 and 55 years with chronic non-specific low back pain, * Participants who voluntarily agree to participate and sign the Free and Informed Consent Form, * Participants who have never done any treatment with the GPR method, and * Participants who have not been undergoing physiotherapy treatment for at least 2 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with pain lumbar acute, or it is, with symptoms gifts there is less of dose weeks, what carried out blocking medicinal in the column us last six months; * Patients with hernia of disk of type extruded and/or kidnapped; * Patients in possess or be in investigation of any kind of neoplasia; * Patients who have undergone any type of surgery with placement of any type of prosthesis in the spine; * Intellectual or sensory disability that prevents them from understanding commands or describing symptoms; * Patients who have a significant change in tactile sensitivity that prevents them from reporting any symptoms; * Patients who have any type of vestibular changes; * Serious pathologies of the spine; * Amputation of upper or lower limbs; * Spinal Cord Injury; * Low back pain with sacroiliac irradiation; any type of rheumatic diseases, such as: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and others; * Patients that be performing or carried out last two months any type of conservative treatments, such as: Acupuncture, hydrotherapy, manual therapy, Pilates, conventional physiotherapy, and others; and * Pat…

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What they're measuring

Pain Gradiation

Timeframe: pre and post eight weeks of intervention.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06928597

SponsorFederal University of Bahia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-07-01

Contact for this trial

Ramon J Santos, Master, PT

+5571987495136 ramonjesus@ufba.br

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