Subproject 4: Correlation between lumbar spinal performance and clinical outcomes after spine treatment in low back pain patients
- Conditions
- non-clinical population with chronic unspecific low back pain (LBP) and asymptomatic participants without LBP
- Registration Number
- DRKS00029361
- Lead Sponsor
- Julius Wolff Institut, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 472
• writen consent to participate in the study
• asymptomatic (no LBP) and symptomatic (chronic LBP) caucasian women and men aged 18-64 years
• Painduration >12 weeks
• Pain localisation: lumbar pelvic region
• elite or professional athletes
• acute infection
• missuse of adictive substances
• pregnancy
• BMI > 28 kg/m2
• central or peripheral neurological disability
• inflamatory or infected tissue in areas of interest (lower back)
• fractures of the spine
• osteoporosis
• tumors or bone metastasis
• former spine surgery
• stong medical therapie (opioids, muscle relaxants, antiepileptika)
• intake of longactive antihistaminika and/or systemic glukokortikoids and/or immune suppresing drugs
• rheumatic diseases
• active systemic diseases
• internistic diseases that may cause risk for the participants during measurements and/or may influence diagnostic findings
• erroneous posture or anaomaly of lower limbs
• progressed disk herniation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The clinical parameter used to test the hypotheses are:<br>? strength of the extensor and flexor muscles<br>? neuromuscular control of spine stability<br>? specific muscle activation patterns (muscle synergies)<br>? low back pain intensity and disability
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ower back pain (questionnaire: adapt. von Korff pain scale; Von Korff et al., 1992)<br>Pain grading lower back pain (questionnaire: adapt. von-Korff pain scale; Von Korff et al., 1992)<br>lmpairment due to back pain (questionnaire: adapt. von Korff pain scale; Von Korff et al., 1992)