Specific Treatment Of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) Trials: Specific physiotherapy treatment and advice versus advice alone for sub-acute reducible discogenic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Reducible discogenic low back painMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000343202
- Lead Sponsor
- a Trobe University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 124
Inclusion Criteria
Reducible low back pain (with or without associated leg pain) with a directional preference for extension with or without a lateral component, for a duration of 6 weeks to 6 months.
Able to understand and read English.
Exclusion Criteria
Volunteers without reducible discogenic low back pain, that is, those without a directional preference for extension (with or without a lateral component). Previous lumbar spine surgery. Lower limb radiculopathy attributable to disc herniation. Active cancer. Cauda equina syndrome or progressive lower limb weakness. Compensable injury. Pregnancy. Inability to walk safely.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method