How much we can rely on the specific instability clinical tests to classify low back pain subjects into different instability categories

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Subjects with recurrent or chronic low-back pain (LBP); Musculoskeletal Diseases; Chronic low-back pain (LBP)

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18037677
• Lead Sponsor: oma Linda University

Brief Summary

2015 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26917937/ (added 09/02/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2013-06-11
• Study Start: 2015-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 20 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients who have a new episode of LBP
2. Experienced a similar episode of LBP before, with the first episode of back pain occurring at least three months before the date of recruitment
3. Experienced persistent LBP for at least three months

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who have undergone previous spinal-fusion surgery
2. History of traumatic fracture of the spine that resulted in a permanent neurological deficit
3. Scoliosis greater than 20°
4. Pregnancy
5. Inability to actively flex and extend the spine adequately to permit an assessment of segmental motion due to pain or muscle spasm
6. Medical red flags” such as caudaequina syndrome, tumor, and systemic inflammatory conditions

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified