Chronic back pain rehabilitation in small groups: pain, disability and function a quasi-randomized trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: chronic back pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000306516
• Lead Sponsor: Giacomo Carta

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

Male and female participants with chronic back pain. This group excludes those with oncological disease or neurological progressive diseases and dementia(as assessed from described history of participants), because of possible interaction with diseases problems related , which introduces confounding factors for interpretation of the results.
Participants will have had LBP for at least 12 weeks and have provided written informed consent confirming
their participation.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded for the following reasons: presence of severe postural abnormality or neuromuscular disorder, previous diagnosis of pathology (confirmed by previous magnetic resonance imaging or radiograph).
Participants must not have engaged in any specific rehabilitation program in the last 3-months, and
must not be regularly seeing a physiotherapist or any spinal manipulation practitioner.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity (Verbally administred Numerical Pain Rating Scale)<br><br>[Baseline (pre), 2-weeks (post program) and 3 month (follow up)];Disability (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire)[Baseline (pre), 2-weeks (post program) and 3 month (follow up)];Functioning (SF-36)[Baseline (pre), 2-weeks (post program) and 3 month (follow up)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adeherence to the Physical therapist indications on home exercises (SIRAS) [3 month (follow up)];number of exercise remembered will be assessed during the administration of the scales at follow up in a written form.<br><br>Report here how many exercises you remeber from those learnt during the treatment sessions_________[3 month (follow up)];other health system access for unresolved back pain will be assessed during the administration of the scales at follow up in a written form.<br><br>Report here how many other accesses to the health system you have done for your unresolved back pain after the treatment sessions_________<br><br>[3 month (follow-up)]