Intensive back training protocol for low back pain.
Completed
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27037
- Brief Summary
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2004 Nov 23;5:45.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 280
Inclusion Criteria
Patients will be recruited by participating physiotherapists in Amsterdam and its environment:
1. Patients with non-specific low back pain;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Specific low back pain, attributable to e.g. infection, tumour, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture, inflammatory process, radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome;
2. Pregnancy;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Functional status (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire); <br /><br>2. General improvement (6-point schale ranging from 'much worse' to 'completely recovered');<br /><br>3. Pain intensity (11-point numerical rating scale); <br /><br>4. Work absenteeism (number of days of sick leave); <br /><br>5. General health, quality of life (Euroqol).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Fear avoidance (Tampa scale of kinesiophobia); <br /><br>2. Catastrophising (Pain Coping Inventory);<br /><br>3. Self-efficacy (Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire); <br /><br>4. Patient satisfaction (Hudak & Wright 2000);<br /><br>5. Aerobic capacity (Chester Steptest);<br /><br>6. Flexibility (Fingertip-to-floor distance);<br /><br>7. Strength (Ito test).