Acute Effects of Global Postural Re-Education on Non-Specific Low Back Pain. Does Time-of-Day Play a Role?

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first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle Acute Effects of Global Postural Re-Education on Non-Specific Low Back Pain. Does Time-of-Day Play a Role? Chat with paper by David Merinero 1,Manuel Rodríguez-Aragón 1,*,Javier Álvarez-González 1ORCID,Álvaro López-Samanes 1ORCID andJoaquín López-Pascual 2ORCID 1 Exercise Physiology Group, School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, 28223 Madrid, Spain 2 Departamento de Economía de la Empresa, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Vicálvaro, 28032 Madrid, Spain * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(2), 713; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020713 Received: 10 November 2020 / Revised: 9 January 2021 / Accepted: 11 January 2021 / Published: 15 January 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Fitness and Health Improvement) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Browse Figures Versions Notes Abstract Low back pain is one the most common forms of musculoskeletal disorders. Thus, several physiotherapeutic strategies (e.g., global postural re-education therapy) have been used for reducing low back pain. The aim of this study was to determinate if acute application of global postural re-education session associated effects are influenced by the time-of-day when this physical therapy is applied. Eight participants in a randomized, counterbalanced order were acutely tested both before and 24 h after a global postural re-education therapy session (10 min session) in three different time-of-day points; morning (i.e., AM; 7:00–9:00 h), midday (i.e., AM; 12:00–14:00 h) and afternoon (i.e., PM; 18:00–20:00 h). In each session, low back pain Visual Analogue Pain Scale [VAS]), flexibility, function capacity (Roland Morris Questionnaire [RMQ], and physical functioning Oswestry Disability Index [ODI]) were recorded. Results showed a pain reduction (VAS Scale) 24 h post Global postural re-education [GPR] session (p = 0.001) and increasing of flexibility pre-post GPR session in all the time-of-day points (morning, midday, and afternoon) (p = 0.001) while no differences were reported in RMQ (p = 0.969) and ODI (p = 0.767). Thus, acute GPR session produces the same effects on flexibility, low back pain, function capacity, and physical functioning values independently of time-of-day when it is applied.