Postural Training Device (UPRIGHT) for Back Pain

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Conditions studied: Back Pain Without Radiation, Back Pain, Low

In brief

Participants with low back pain who are referred for physical therapy will be randomized to routine physical therapy or routine physical therapy plus receiving a postural training device

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03449160

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

0

Starts

2020-05-01

Expected to finish

2022-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 - 65, capable of understanding and providing consent in English, capable of complying with the outcome instruments used, and capable of attending all planned therapy sessions
• Primary complaint of lumbar or thoracic pain thought to be at least in part due to mechanical/postural etiologies based on clinical presentation
• 7 day average numeric pain rating score (NPRS) of at least 4 on a 0-10 scale at baseline evaluation
• Pain duration of at least 2 months
• Patient owns and is familiar with the use of a personal smart phone
• Patient consents to treatment with postural based physical therapy. In order to maintain blinding, patients will not be provided with details of the treatment plan until after the randomization process has been performed. They will only be informed of the treatment protocol for the group to which they have been assigned.

You may not qualify if…

• *History of prior thoracic or lumbar fusion surgery
• Acute Spine fracture
• Current pregnancy
• BMI over 40
• Inability to sense UPRIGHT vibration
• Active Systemic inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus)
• Medical conditions causing significant functional disability (e.g. stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation)
• Severe Chronic widespread pain or somatoform disorder (e.g. fibromyalgia)
• Severe clinical depression, or psychotic features
• Implanted electrical medical device (i.e. cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, spinal cord stimulator, bladder stimulator)
• Allergic skin reaction to tapes or adhesives
• Worker's compensation claim or legal action related to the thoracic or lumbar pain
• Patients unable to read English and complete the assessment instruments
• Patients unable to attend assigned physical therapy sessions
• Incarcerated patients

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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