Effectiveness of Back Care Pillow in Addition to Physical Therapy in Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain Treatment

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Device: Back care pillow; Procedure: standard physical therapy treatment

• Registration Number: NCT01911806
• Lead Sponsor: Khon Kaen University

Brief Summary

This study aim to investigate the effects of back care pillow, in adjective with standard physical therapy treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-30
• Primary Completion: 2013-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-07-28
• Study First Posted: 2013-07-30
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2014-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

• Males or females
• Age 20 - 69 years old.
• Patients who have daily routine in so long bending of sitting or standing position at least 2 hours per day
• Patients with low back pain who have pain for more than 3 months
• Patients have pain at lower back without refer to leg
• Patients have moderate to severe pain of numerical rating scale (pain score ≥ 4)

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant patients

• Underlying systematic or visceral disease, and specific condition such as neoplasm, ankylosing spondylitis, previous low back surgery

• Patients have Quada equine syndrome

• Patients with nerve root symptoms (neurological deficit)

  1. Patient have refer pain to leg area of same dermatome is problem.
  2. Abnormal reflex of lower extremity.
  3. Muscle weakness of area myotome is problem.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Back care pillow & standard physical therapy treatment	Back care pillow	standard physical therapy treatment for 6 sessions of treatment, each around 30 minutes, during a period of 2 weeks \& back care pillow use during the day for 2 weeks
Back care pillow & standard physical therapy treatment	standard physical therapy treatment	standard physical therapy treatment for 6 sessions of treatment, each around 30 minutes, during a period of 2 weeks \& back care pillow use during the day for 2 weeks
standard physical therapy treatment	standard physical therapy treatment	standard physical therapy treatment for 6 sessions of treatment, each around 30 minutes, during a period of 2 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Scores on the Numerical rating scale	three months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scale of lumbar range of motion measure by Modified - Modified Schober Test	three months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of physical therapy,Faculty of associated medical science,Khon Kaen University; 🇹🇭 Khon Kaen, Thailand