MedPath

A clinical trial to study the Comparison of two physiotherapy treatments, supervised and home-based FIT India fitness protocol with regular exercise in patients with chronic low back pain.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M545- Low back pain
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/02/049520
Lead Sponsor
Ashok & Rita Patel Institute Of Physiotherapy, CHARUSAT University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Diagnosed with chronic nonspecific low back pain for more than 3 months (with or without referred pain).

2.Declared medically fit to undertake physical fitness testing and exercise (based on ACSM Preparticipation algorithm).

Exclusion Criteria

1.Participants with NPRS of more than 7 will be excluded from the study.

2.Patients already involved in regular and frequent sporting activities (for example: swimming, fitness training, cycling) at least twice a week for the past six months.

3.Previous physiotherapy within the past three months.

4.Inflammatory arthritis.

5.Major surgery within the past year.

6.Other musculoskeletal disabilities that would affect patients ability to cope with the fitness programmer.

7.Spinal infection, fractures, spondylolisthesis, or malignancy.

8.Pregnancy.

9.Patients unable to walk without a walking aid.

10.Constant or persistent severe pain judged on clinical grounds to be due to irritation of nerve root.

11.Specific spinal pathology (e.g., sacroiliac joint dysfunction, disc herniation).

12.Presence of cardiovascular disease.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2. Oswestry Disability Index-Gujarati (ODI-G) (2.1a)Timepoint: At baseline,2 weeks,4 weeks and 6 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
FIT India Physical Fitness AssessmentTimepoint: At baseline,2 weeks,4 weeks and 6 weeks
© Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved by MedPath