Verbalization in Patients With Non-specific Low Back Pain and Central Sensitization
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Central Sensitization, Low Back Pain, Pain Catastrophizing
In brief
The primary goal of this study is to examine the effects of limiting complaints on pain and pain catastrophizing (PC) in individuals with low back pain (LBP) who are in a state of central sensitization (CS). The study will be performed on individuals who have LBP and are in a state of CS. CS is classified as a type of pain which has the following dominant features: pain that is disproportionate to the nature or extent of injury/pathology; disproportionate, non-mechanical, unpredictable pattern of pain provocation in response to aggravating/easing factors; strong association with maladaptive psychological factors ; diffuse/non-anatomic areas of pain/tenderness to palpation. These criterion have been demonstrated to have discriminative validity for diagnosing CS.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01705600
- Run by
- Keystone Rehabilitation Systems
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2012-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-10-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Individuals over the age of 18 who present to physical therapy with a clinical diagnosis of non-specific low back pain.
- Their pain must also have the one of the following characteristics:
- 2a.the pain is disproportionate to the nature or extent of injury/pathology AND/OR 2b.the pain is disproportionate, non-mechanical, and unpredictable in response to aggravating/easing factors AND/OR 2c.the pain has a strong association with maladaptive psychological factors AND/OR 2d. the pain is diffuse/non-anatomic areas of pain/tenderness to palpation.
You may not qualify if…
- Any red-flags indicating the low back pain is caused by non-musculoskeletal pathology
- Pain whose origin could be better defined as noceptive (intermittent and sharp with movement or mechanical provocation; pain localized to the area of injury or dysfunction; clear, proportionate mechanical/anatomical nature to aggravating and easing factors; pain described as shooting, burning, sharp, electric-like; pain in association with other dysesthesias; night pain/disturbed sleep; antalgic postures/movement)
- Pain whose origin could better be defined as peripheral neuropathic (history of nerve injury, pathology or mechanical compromise; pain in a dermatomal or cutaneous distribution; pain/symptoms provocation with movement tests that move or compress neural tissue (ex. SLR)
Where it is running
- Keystone Physical Therapy — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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