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NCT Number: NCT02175667

Influence of the Global Postural Reeducation and the Personality in the Posture

Determine the influence of a treatment with Global Postural Reeducation techniques and the personality traits in the stabilometric parameters

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Key information

Conditions

Postural; Defect

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Miguel Hernández University of Elche

Sant Joan, Alicante, 03550, Spain

About this study

This study is realized with university students. For a first objective of this study, all the participants complete the "big five questionnaire" to determine their personality traits and then the subjects are analyzed with a stabilometric platform and cervical/lumbar range of motion (ROM) to determine their basal parameters. The personality traits and the basal stabilometric parameters like the postural sway, will be crossed to investigate a possible relation. For a second objective, the randomized study of the effectiveness of the Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) in the stabilometric parameters, the subjects are divided in a experimental group or in a control group. Experimental group is treated in a 45 minutes GPR session, with three postures: the first is for stretch the anterior muscular chain with the patient lying supine on a couch with arms at 45 degrees, hips open, and feet in opposition on top of the couch. This posture is maintained 25-30 minutes. In the second GPR posture, to stretch the posterior muscular chain, the subject is positioned with legs elevated, for 12-15 minutes. Third position is with the participant in upright standing posture 2-5 minutes to integrate the postural corrections. During all the time, the physiotherapist uses manual therapy for stretch the muscles under the official rules of GPR techniques. Group control do not receive any technique. After the time of the intervention or no intervention, a second measure of stabilometric parameters and ROM is taken. After this first day, two days later and seven days later, the measures are repeated to determinate the permanence of the effects of GPR techniques.

The improvement will be assessed by calculating indicators of clinical relevance: relative risk (RR), absolute risk reduction (AR). The results will be compared statistically to determine some possible relation. The confidence intervals (CI) will be calculated for the most relevant parameters. The analysis will be made with a statistics program (SPSS 19.0)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • College students spend 4 hours or more per day sitting

Exclusion criteria

  • College students do not spend 4 hours or more per day sitting.
  • Subjects with a traumatic problem, injuries, in the moment of the study, or subject in treatment of this injuries

Treatment and study plan

global postural reeducation

Procedure

Experimental group is treated in a 45 minutes GPR session, with three postures: the first was for the anterior muscular chain with the patient lying supine on a couch with arms at 45 degrees, hips open, and feet in opposition on top of the table. This posture is maintained 25-30 minutes. The second GPR posture, to stretch the posterior muscle chain, the participant is positioned with legs elevated, for 12-15 minutes. Third position is with the participant standing and 2-5 minutes to integrate the postural corrections. During all the time, the physiotherapist use manual therapy for stretch the muscles under the official rules of GPR techniques. Group control do not receive any technique.

Other names: Manual Therapy, Muscle chains, Stretching

Primary outcomes

  1. Centre of pressure displacement in standing position

    Time frame: Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after

    Displacement antero-posterior and lateral of COP measured with a platform of pressures

Secondary outcomes

  1. Plantar pressures distribution in standing position

    Time frame: Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after

    Plantar pressures distribution in each foot measured with a platform of pressures

  2. Percentage of load distribution in standing position

    Time frame: Before intervention, 2 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after

    Load distribution between feet measured with a platform of pressures

  3. Lumbar and cervical range of motion

    Time frame: Before intervention, 10 minutes after, 2 days after, 7 days after

    Cervical and lumbar inclinometer for goniometry

Other outcomes

  1. Big Five personality traits questionnaire (spanish version)

    Time frame: Before intervention

    Auto-reported questionnaire for individual score in the five broad dimensions of personality: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Influence of the Global Postural Reeducation and the Personality Traits in the Range of Motion, in the Stabilometry and in the Postural Sway.

Acronym: RPG-POSTURE

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jun 26, 2014
Registry last updated
Dec 17, 2015

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