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Effects of a land and aquatic exercise-based program on pain, mobility and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| dc.contributor.author | Borges, Joana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Monteiro, Diogo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Fernanda M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jacinto, Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pastilha, Tiago | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duarte-Mendes, Pedro | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-21T09:29:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-21T09:29:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a disease with significant functional, emotional and social impact. Several interventions are proposed for its management and exercise is one of main, land-based or water-based. This study describes a randomized controlled trial that will analyze the effect of a combined aquatic and land-based exercise program compared to an aquatic-based program on pain, functional incapacity and quality of life in adults with CLBP. Additionally, it will analyze the effects of exercise cessation in the same outcomes. Methods and design A blind randomized controlled trial will be developed with a 1:1 allocation ratio. Around 30 adults with mechanical CLBP will be randomly allocated in two groups. The experimental group (ALG) will complete an aquatic and land-based exercise program and control group (AG) will carry out only an aquatic program, both for 8 weeks. Participants will be assessed with Visual Analogue Scale, Oswestry Disability Index, Short-Form 36, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia-13 and Modified-Modified Schober Test, collected at baseline (M0), after 8 weeks (M1) and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention (M2). Discussion This study may provide a relevant contribution to understand the potential effect of a combined land and aquatic exercise program on pain, functional disability, fear of movement, quality of life and lumbar mobility. The results may provide important information for CLBP management. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | BORGES, J. [et al.] (2025) - Effects of a land and aquatic exercise-based program on pain, mobility and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. PloS one. 20(5), e0320858. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320858 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0320858 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/10232 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | PloS One | |
| dc.relation | This work was funded by National Funds by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology under the following project UID/04045: Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences, and Human Development. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0320858 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Intervention | |
| dc.subject | Protocol | |
| dc.subject | clinical exercise | |
| dc.title | Effects of a land and aquatic exercise-based program on pain, mobility and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial | eng |
| dc.type | research article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 18 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 5 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.title | PLoS One | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 20 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Duarte-Mendes | |
| person.givenName | Pedro | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | BB19-DC8E-05C7 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-5055-2696 | |
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