Effects of Unstable Shoes on Trunk Muscle Activity, Lumbar Spine Kinematics and Pain in Patients With Low Back Pain
Overview
Aim: To compare trunk muscle activity, lumbar spine range of motion (ROM) and LBP during gait using an unstable shoe (Intervention group) and a conventional stable control shoe (Control Group). Design: Randomized Controlled Trial. Setting: A Biomechanics laboratory. Population: Patients with Low Back Pain.
Study Type
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design
- Allocation: Randomized
- Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
- Study Primary Completion Date: April 2016
Detailed Description
Background: An unstable shoe was developed as a walking device to strengthen the lower extremity muscles and reduce joint loading. A large number of studies have reported increased electromyographic (EMG) activity throughout the gait cycle in most of the lower limb muscles, and significant kinematic changes in the lower extremity. However, no studies have investigated the effects of wearing (1 month) unstable shoes on 1) spine kinematics, 2) trunk muscle activity and 3) Low Back Pain (LBP) during gait in Patients with chronic LBP. Aim: To compare trunk muscle activity, lumbar spine range of motion (ROM) and LBP during gait using an unstable shoe (Intervention group) and a conventional stable control shoe (Control Group). Design: Randomized Controlled Trial. Setting: A Biomechanics laboratory. Population: Patients with Low Back Pain.
Interventions
- Other: Unstable shoe
- Wearing Unstable shoes during 1 month
Arms, Groups and Cohorts
- Experimental: Unstable shoes
- Wearing unstable shoes during 1 month
- No Intervention: Control Group
- Not Wearing unstable shoes
Clinical Trial Outcome Measures
Primary Measures
- Disability (assessed by Roland Morris Questionaire)
- Time Frame: At 1 month
Secondary Measures
- EMG activity of trunk muscles
- Time Frame: At baseline and at 1 month follow-up
- Lumbar spine range of movement (sagittal plane)
- Time Frame: At baseline and at 1 month follow-up
Participating in This Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients with Chronic LBP – BMI < 30 Exclusion Criteria:
- Hernia – Lower limb pathologies – Previous experience with unstable shoes
Gender Eligibility: All
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No
Investigator Details
- Lead Sponsor
- Cardenal Herrera University
- Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
- Principal Investigator: Juan F. Lisón Párraga, Dr, Head of Medicine – Cardenal Herrera University
- Overall Official(s)
- JF Lisón, Dr., Study Director, Cardenal Herrera University
- Pablo Salvador-Coloma, Principal Investigator, Cardenal Herrera University
Citations Reporting on Results
Lison JF, Perez-Soriano P, Llana-Belloch S, Sanchez-Zuriaga D, Salvador-Coloma P. Effects of unstable shoes on trunk muscle activity and lumbar spine kinematics. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2016 Aug;52(4):440-6. Epub 2015 Apr 9.
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