Spinal Control During Functional Activities to Improve Low Back Pain Outcomes
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Conditions studied: Mechanical Low Back Pain, Chronic Low Back Pain
In brief
Exercise is one of the primary interventions used with people with chronic, mechanical low back pain. It is unknown, however, which exercise is best for which person, which exercises a person will adhere to and for how long, and the effect of adhering to a specific type of exercise on how the person functions, particularly in the long run. The purpose of this study is to examine if the short- and long-term effects are different between 1) commonly prescribed strength and flexibility exercises for the trunk and limbs, and 2) individualized practice in daily functional activities that are difficult or painful to perform. Adherence to the different interventions, the relationship between adherence and outcomes,as well as the effect of a booster intervention also will be examined.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02027623
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 154
- Starts
- 2014-01-15
- Expected to finish
- 2017-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-08-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- chronic low back pain for a minimum of 12 months
- currently experiencing low back pain symptoms but not in a recurrence or an acute flare-up
- Modified Oswestry Disability Index score of ≥ 20%
- 3 or more functional activities limited due to low back pain
- able to stand and walk without assistance
- able to understand and sign a consent form
You may not qualify if…
- BMI >30
- any structural spinal deformity including scoliosis, kyphosis, or stenosis
- spinal fracture or dislocation
- low back pain due to trauma
- osteoporosis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- fibromyalgia
- symptomatic disc herniation
- spondylolisthesis
- 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 low back pain other than the lumbar spine, e.g., hip joint
- history of neurologic disease which required hospitalization
- active treatment for cancer
- history of unresolved cancer
- pregnancy
- worker's compensation, disability, or litigation case
- Graves' disease
- Marfan syndrome
- Unable to classify low back pain based on clinical examination findings
Where it is running
- Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
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