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COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN

Not Applicable
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Registration Number
NCT04715789
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

To explore the effect of adding cognitive-behavioral therapy to physical therapy interventions in patients with chronic non-specific back pain.

Detailed Description

Studies suggest that patients with LBP benefited when standard rehabilitation approaches were supplemented with graded exercise . There is adequate information to allow clinical implementation of graded exercise by physical therapists, In contrast, there is less information available for physical therapy implementation of graded exposure. LBP rehabilitation based on graded exposure principles Therefore, the purpose of this study is to review the available evidence for graded exposure and to describe physical therapy application of graded exposure for patients enrolled in clinical trial.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Patient's age between 25-40 years.
  2. Patients have persistent Chronic Non-specific LBP for at least 3 months with or without leg pain. Leg pain won't exceeds mechanical behaviors.
  3. Score of 24 fear avoidance questionnaire.
  4. Symptoms of hypersensitivity, secondary punctate or pressure hyperalgesia and fear of movement as a central sensitization symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
  • 1-History of previous back surgery. 2- History of previous hip, knee or ankle surgeries. 3- Systemic inflammatory diseases. 4-Tumors. 5-Red flags of back pain 6-Patients with disc pathology and radicular pain 7- spinal fracture or spinal surgery 8- systemic disease or TB of spine widespread constant non-specific pain disorder, pain without a clear mechanical behavior

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Arabic ODI for function5 minutes

a)ODI ASSESMENT: Patient-completed questionnaire which gives a percentage score of level of function (disability) in activities of daily living in those rehabilitating from low back pain. In pre session and after end of sessions This Questionnaire examines perceived level of disability in 10 everyday activities of daily living.

The 6 statements are scored from 0 to 5 with the first statement scoring 0 through to the last at5 If all 10 sections are completed the score is calculated as follows: if 16 (total scored) out of 50 (total possible score) x 100 = 32% Scores: 1- (0% to 20%): minimal disability 2-(21%-40%: moderate disability) 3- (41%-60%): severe disability 4-(61%-80%: crippled) 5-(81%-100%) These patients are either bed-bound or exaggerating their symptoms

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Numerical rating scale5 minutes

patient will sign the degree of pain from(0to 10) the assessment will be done in pretreatment and post treatment as an outcome measure for pain intensity.

Tape measurement5 minutes

the patient will be informed about the rules of upright position and asked to position himself in front of the mirror. This posture was recorded as the upright position of the patient and the measurements for the posture analysis were recorded by means of a tape measure from c7 to s2

Fear avoidance belief questionnaire5 minutes

The questionnaire consists of 16 items in which a patient rates their agreement with each statement on a 7-point Likert scale. Where 0= completely disagree, 6=completely agree. There is a maximum score of 96. A higher score indicates more strongly held fear avoidance beliefs. the patient fill the questionnaire in first session and at last session

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

🇪🇬

Giza, Egypt

Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University
🇪🇬Giza, Egypt
enas fawzy
Contact
01127867507
Enas.fawzy@pt.cu.edu.eg

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