Trunk-coordination assessment in patients with chronic low back pai

Completed

Conditions: 10028393
Chronische a-specifieke lage rugpijn
Chronic a-specific low back pain
Low back pain

Registration Number: NL-OMON44511

Lead Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, the patients with LBP have to:
- be between the age of 18 and 70 years
- be able to understand and speak Dutch
- have a-specific LBP (as defined in the guidelines of the KNGF) or LBP followed by back surgery for at least 6 weeks, as diagnosed by the patient*s general practitioner or physiotherapist.

Exclusion Criteria

A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study; the patients with LBP may not have:
- 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 unable to understand or adhere to the protocol (such as cognitive, visual and/or language problems, that render the patient 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 quality of trunk-coordination, which can be described as<br /><br>tracking error. This will be measured with an Xsens accelerometer. The<br /><br>responsiveness of the measured quality of trunk-coordination in LBP patients<br /><br>will be tested by comparing these scores with their pain-scores and a<br /><br>disability questionnaire and calculating correlations between these variables.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures