Effects of GPR on Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain
RecruitingNot applicableNCT06928597
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
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.
Study details
- Official title
- Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) in the Treatment of Patients With Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Global Postural Reeducation
- Procedure: Global Postural Reeducation Sham
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Bahia
- Start date
- 2025-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2026-07-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
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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 * Patients who have travel plans in the coming months.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06928597