Regulatory Central Mechanisms in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain With Lumbar Dysfunction

Kuopio University Hospital1 site in 1 country80 target enrollmentJune 2009

ConditionsChronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Sponsor: Kuopio University Hospital
Enrollment: 80
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Correlation between cortical activity and other motor control tests
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 13 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the cortical regulation of the paraspinal muscles in chronic low back pain. These (possible) changes in regulatory mechanisms are being compared to other motor control tests in order to determine whether correlations are found. Furthermore the patients are being treated with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and tested afterwards. The purpose is to find out if rTMS-therapy is capable of normalizing motor control deficits.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

June 2009

End Date

September 2012

Last Updated

13 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

Male

Investigators

Sponsor

Kuopio University Hospital

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

olavi airaksinen

MD, PhD Ass Proff, Head of the Department of Rehabilitation

Kuopio University Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•chronic nonspecific low back pain for at least six months
•male gender
•age 25-50 yrs
•average pain during last week 4-8/10 by VAS
•Oswestry disability index 20-80 %

Exclusion Criteria

•former spinal operations
•rheumatic disease, marked spondylolysis and -olisthesis, other diseases that markedly reduce physical or psychological performance, history of epilepsy, history of taking epileptic or strong opioid drugs