Pain education and exercises in low back pain

Completed

Conditions: Low back pain,

Registration Number: CTRI/2019/03/018257

Lead Sponsor: SOAHS Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Brief Summary: Low back pain is defined as pain and /or discomfort localized below the costal margin and above gluteal fold with possible radiation to posterior thigh not extending below the knee and is defined as chronic low back pain when it persists for 12 weeks or more, Chronicity of low back pain increases causing delayed recovery of pain a high disability or pain levels, low levels of education and higher perceived risk of persistant pain,Growing evidence supports the clinical importance of central sensitization in patients with chronic musculosketal pain often characterized by brain plasticity that leads to hyperexcitiblity of central nervous system. Potential desensitizing treatment for chronic low back pain has not been adequately addressed,evidence that pain Neuromatrix approach may be an effective sole treatment in chronic low back pain, as the approach systematically determine factors associated wit the persistent pain state and work on stratergies to disengage those adjacent maps along with manual therapy intervention in treating central sensitization.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

Low back pain >12 weeks Patients positive for central sensitization using two-point discrimination device vernier caliper Patients positive for central sensitization using quantitative sensory testing.

Exclusion Criteria

Lumbar Radiculopathy and Myelopathy Spinal disorders such as Spinal stenosis, malignancy, infection,Fracture Spinal fusion spine surgeries.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire,two-point discrimination using Vernier caliper	Baseline \| At the end of 4th week and 12th week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Central sensitization inventory	Baseline
Numerical Pain Rating Scale	Baseline
Quantitative Sensory Testing	Baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Manipal Hospital
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Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Manipal Hospital
🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Joshita Jayanarayan Poojary
Principal investigator
8104142521
poojaryjoshita22@gmail.com