Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40483448›Full record

Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2025

Effects of a single session of in-person and remote strength training on low back pain and disability outcomes in pregnant women: a randomized and controlled crossover clinical trial.

Valéria Jardim Pires, Camila Miranda, Bruna Sacchi Fraga, Yasmin Bortoli Führ, Andressa Martins E Silva, Ana Carolina Kanitz

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Valéria Jardim PiresFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. valeria.piresj@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-9706
Camila MirandaFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4040-5462
Bruna Sacchi FragaFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6619-9329
Yasmin Bortoli FührFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-1500-642X
Andressa Martins E SilvaFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1293-0662
Ana Carolina KanitzFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7112-3137

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe objective of the present study is to evaluate the effects of a single session of in-person and remote strength training on the outcomes of low back pain, functional disability, and enjoyment in pregnant women.

methodsThe methodology used was an approved controlled and randomized clinical trial by the Research Ethics Committee and registered in the Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry. The study involved seventeen pregnant women undergoing one in-person strength training session (IS), one remote strength training session (RS), and one control session (CS) in a randomly determined order. The team conducted assessments using questionnaires for low back pain, functional disability, and enjoyment. We compared the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) method with a Bonferroni complementary test (α = 0.05) and the Mann-Whitney U test.

resultsReduced values of low back pain were found after the session for the SUM item in the in-person (Δ-2.06), remote (Δ-1.59), and control (Δ-2.17) sessions, as well as for the INTENSITY item in the in-person (Δ-0.23), remote (Δ-0.12), and control (Δ-0.3) sessions. Reductions in disability values 24 h after the session were observed for the remote (Δ-0.76) and control (Δ-1.59) sessions. Additionally, positive enjoyment values were noted after in-person (117) and remote (119) sessions.

conclusionIt is concluded that a strength training session can potentially improve or maintain the acute low back pain and disability scale without causing an increase in low back pain symptoms. Furthermore, it can promote a high level of enjoyment, regardless of whether it is conducted in person or remotely. Health education strategies, such as those proposed by the control session in this study, are also beneficial.

Indexed as

Low Back PainPregnancy ComplicationsResistance TrainingAdultBrazilCross-Over StudiesDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansPain MeasurementPregnancyTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultLow back painPregnancyStrength training

Identifiers

PMID40483448
PMCPMC12144786

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.