Technology for physiotherapist to identify subgroups in patients with non-specific low back pain.

Completed

• Conditions: back complaints; low backpain; 10028302

• Registration Number: NL-OMON45616
• Lead Sponsor: Saxion, University of Applied Sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 15 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Patients
* Between 18 and 65 years old
* Acute (<6 weeks), subacute (6-12 weeks), chronic non-specific lower back pain (> 12 weeks)
* Score > 30% points at the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
* Signed the informed consent form;Healthy subjects
* Between 18 and 65 years old
* Signed the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

Patients
* Presence of red flags* and lumbarsacral radicular syndrom
* Previous backsurgery
* Pregnancy or < 6 months after childbirth
* Actual psychiatric diagnosis
* Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
* Body mass index > 30;Healthy subjects
* non-specific lower back pain
* Presence of red flags* and lumbarsacral radicular syndrom
* Pregnancy or < 6 months after childbirth
* Previous backsurgery
* Actual psychiatric diagnosis
* Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language
* Body mass index > 30;*Red flags are:
Cancer
Unexplained weight loss
Immunosuppression
Prolonged use of steroids
Intravenous drug use
Urinary tract infection
Pain that is increased or unrelieved by rest
Fever
Significant trauma related to age (e.g., fall from a height or motor vehicle accident in a young patient, minor fall or heavy lifting in a potentially osteoporotic or older patient or a person with possible osteoporosis)
Bladder or bowel incontinence
Urinary retention (with overflow incontinence)
Physical examination
Saddle anesthesia
Loss of anal sphincter tone
Major motor weakness in lower extremities
Fever
Vertebral tenderness
Limited spinal range of motion
Neurologic findings persisting beyond one month

Study & Design

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary study parameter are the amount of EMG, with parameters relative<br /><br>rEMG, amplitude (mV), frequency amount(Fmed) in Hz. Range of motion of the<br /><br>trunk by using 3D kinematics and cross-sections and fatty degeneration of the<br /><br>multifidus by using ultrasound.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Questionnaires and personal characteristics. </p><br>