Mechanisms of Specific Trunk Exercises in Low Back Pain
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Conditions studied: Low Back Pain
In brief
The research objective is to determine which physical therapy (PT) treatment is the most efficacious for patients with lower back pain (LBP), who have been subgrouped based on certain clinical features. There is only limited evidence that supports any one PT treatment for patients with LBP since PT treatment outcomes for exercise protocols are equivocal, given the heterogeneous clinical features of patients with LBP. Thus, classification of patients with LBP into subgroups with shared clinical features has been identified as a research priority by several groups in order to prescribe the most efficacious PT treatment for each homogeneous subgroup. The investigators hypothesize that particular PT treatments are most efficacious when applied to patients with LBP, who present with particular clinical and neuromuscular features.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01362049
- Run by
- University of Vermont
- People needed
- 102
- Starts
- 2010-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-06-05
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- a history of chronic LBP with or without recurrences for a minimum of 12 months;
- between 21 - 55 years of age;
- able to stand and walk without assistance;
- have an Oswestry Disability Score of 19% or higher AND/OR less than an 8 on one activity reported on the Patient Specific Functional Scale,
You may not qualify if…
- any major structural spinal deformity including scoliosis, kyphosis, or stenosis;
- spinal fracture or dislocation;
- osteoporosis;
- ankylosing spondylitis;
- rheumatoid arthritis;
- disc herniation with corroborating clinical signs and symptoms;
- serious spinal complications such as tumor or infection;
- previous spinal surgery;
- frank neurological loss, i.e., weakness and sensory loss;
- pain or paresthesia below the knee;
- etiology of LBP other than the lumbar spine, e.g., hip joint;
- history of neurological disease which required hospitalization;
- active treatment for cancer;
- history of unresolved cancer;
- pregnancy or less than 6 months post-partum or less than 6 months post weaning;
- magnified symptom-behavior;
- worker's compensation or disability case;
- in litigation for the LBP problem;
- have a BMI ≥ 30.
Where it is running
- Human Motion Analysis Lab — Burlington, Vermont, United States
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