Deep water running and general practice in primary care for non-specific low back pain versus general practice alone: randomized controlled trial

Cuesta‐Vargas, Antonio; Adams, Nicola; Salazar, Juan Antonio Goicoechea; Bellès, Ariadna; Hazanas, S.; Arroyo-Morales, Manuel

doi:10.1007/s10067-012-1977-5

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“…However, recent research suggests aquatic exercise, specifically deep water running (DWR), produces benefits in varying clinical populations (Cuesta‐Vargas et al . 2011a, ; Castro‐Sánchez et al . ; Cuesta‐Vargas & Adams ), including breast cancer survivors (Cantarero‐Villanueva et al .…”

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A multimodal physiotherapy programme plus deep water running for improving cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer survivors

Cuesta‐Vargas

Buchan

Arroyo-Morales

2013

Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)

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The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of aquatic-based exercise in the form of deep water running (DWR) as part of a multimodal physiotherapy programme (MMPP) for breast cancer survivors. A controlled clinical trial was conducted in 42 primary breast cancer survivors recruited from community-based Primary Care Centres. Patients in the experimental group received a MMPP incorporating DWR, 3 times a week, for an 8-week period. The control group received a leaflet containing instructions to continue with normal activities. Statistically significant improvements and intergroup effect size were found for the experimental group for Piper Fatigue Scale-Revised total score (d = 0.7, P = 0.001), as well as behavioural/severity (d = 0.6, P = 0.05), affective/meaning (d = 1.0, P = 0.001) and sensory (d = 0.3, P = 0.03) domains. Statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups were also found for general health (d = 0.5, P < 0.05) and quality of life (d = 1.3, P < 0.05). All participants attended over 80% of sessions, with no major adverse events reported. The results of this study suggest MMPP incorporating DWR decreases cancer-related fatigue and improves general health and quality of life in breast cancer survivors. Further, the high level of adherence and lack of adverse events indicate such a programme is safe and feasible.

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A multimodal physiotherapy programme plus deep water running for improving cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer survivors

Cuesta‐Vargas

Buchan

Arroyo-Morales

2013

Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)

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“…12 Clinical trials have found that patients with different conditions such as fibromyalgia, 13 pain associated with multiple sclerosis, 14 rheumatoid arthritis 15 or osteoarthritis 16 have less pain when hydrotherapy is used as a pain-relieving treatment. Different resources have been used, such as a deep-water pool in low back pain patients, 17 but other possibilities such as a chest-high pool have not been explored previously. As research in this area is limited, we conducted a preliminary study evaluating the use of hydrotherapy to relieve hormone therapy-associated arthralgia in breast cancer survivors.…”

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Aquatic exercise in a chest-high pool for hormone therapy-induced arthralgia in breast cancer survivors: a pragmatic controlled trial

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“…However, compared with land-based interventions these effects are open to interpretation [24,25]. A multimodal programme has been successfully employed previously by Cuesta-Vargas et al ., (2009; 2011; 2012) [26-29] on CLBP suffers, but no studio that uses a multimodal physiotherapy program (integrating therapeutic exercise and health education) in patients suffering CMSKD was found.…”

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Effect on health-related quality of life of a multimodal physiotherapy program in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders

Cuesta‐Vargas

Gónzalez-Sánchez

Casuso-Holgado

2013

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BackgroundMusculoskeletal disorders are major causes of morbidity in the world, and these conditions have a strong negative influence in terms of health-related quality of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an 8-week multimodal physical therapy program on general health state and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders.MethodsThere were 244 participants in this prospective cohort analysis with 8-week follow-up. The primary outcome was general health state (physical and mental components), determined with the Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12). The secondary outcome was health related quality of life, determined with the EuroQoL-5D and VAS. The intervention was evaluated by comparing pre- and post-outcome measurements. T-tests were performed for paired data.ResultsDifferences were statistically significant for physical health state: +1.68 (p < 0.05) (baseline: 42.38); mental health state: +3.15 (p < 0.001) (baseline: 46.57); and health related quality of life: +0.18 (EuroQoL 5D) (baseline: 46.57) and +7.22 (EuroQoL_VAS) (p < 0.001) (baseline: 60.81). Intervention resulted in clinically relevant changes in terms of percentage improvement from baseline scores.ConclusionsEight weeks of a Multimodal Physical Therapy Program seemed to moderately enhance the general health state and HRQoL of patients with chronic musculoskeletal diseases. This kind of therapeutic exercise can be recommended to patients with chronic low back pain, chronic neck pain and osteoarthritis, at least in the short term.

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Deep water running and general practice in primary care for non-specific low back pain versus general practice alone: randomized controlled trial

Cited by 46 publications

References 27 publications

A multimodal physiotherapy programme plus deep water running for improving cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer survivors

A multimodal physiotherapy programme plus deep water running for improving cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer survivors

Aquatic exercise in a chest-high pool for hormone therapy-induced arthralgia in breast cancer survivors: a pragmatic controlled trial

Effect on health-related quality of life of a multimodal physiotherapy program in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders

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