Quantitative diagnosis of impaired spinal control (Qdisc): assessment of neuromuscular trunk motor control in chronic a-specific low back pain patients.

Completed

• Conditions: Chronische a-specifieke lage rugpijn; Chronic a-specific Low Back Pain; Low back pain; 10028393

• Registration Number: NL-OMON39991
• Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 73

Inclusion Criteria

Patients have to:
- be between the age of 18 and 70 years
- have a-specific LBPor LBP followed by back surgery for at least 6 weeks, as diagnosed by the patient*s general practioner or
physical therapist. Or, if no prior diagnosis has been made, after screening by an independent physical therapist or orthopaedic surgeon
- be able to understand and speak Dutch;Healthy controls have to:
- be age matched with the LBP patients
- be able to understand and speak Dutch

Exclusion Criteria

Patients must not have:
- Radicular pain caused by lumbar nerve root compression or a hernia nuclei pulposi
- Other specifically diagnosed musculoskeletal disorders or any neuroanatomical disorders which might influence motor control of the low back
- any neurological disorders that interfere with trunk posture (e.g. Cerebro Vasculair Accident, Multiple Sclerosis or Parkinson's disease)
- any conditions that render the patient too unfit to be tested (such as pulmonary and/or cardiac disorders)
- any conditions that render the patient unable to understand or adhere to the research (such as cognitive, visual and/or language problems, that render the patient unfit to fill-in the questionnaires)
- Psychopathology

Healthy controls may not have:
- had low back pain longer than 2 weeks
- had low back pain within at least a month before the baseline measurement
- any conditions that render the subject unable to understand or adhere to the research (such as cognitive, visual and/or language problems, that render the subject unfit to fill-in the questionnaires)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main parameter is neuromuscular motor control, which can be described as<br /><br>trunk stiffness, reflexes in response to external force perturbations and trunk<br /><br>muscle recruitment.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Anthropometrics: body length and weight. Pain level, pain perception and<br /><br>kinesophobia will be measured with questionnaires. Also pain diaries will be<br /><br>filled every day for one week prior the measurements to measure pain level.<br /><br>Sensitisation for pain, the ability to inhibit pain and trunk coordination will<br /><br>be tested.</p><br>