Motor Control Exercises vs Standard Exercises in Patients With Unspecific Low Back Pain
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Sponsor
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Enrollment
- 84
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in pain level from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a visual analogic scale.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the effects of motor control exercises and standard exercises in the pain, incapacity and medicine intake of subjects with unspecific low-back pain.
Detailed Description
Eighty-four subjects with unspecific low-back pain were randomly recruited for the present study. The subjects were randomly allocated into control group (who received one hour of standard physiotherapy exercises every days during ten days) or intervention group (who received one hour of control motor exercises every days during ten days). One month after finishing these ten days, patients should perform a home-based exercises program during two months (control group performed home-based standard physiotherapy exercises; intervention group performed home-based motor control exercises). Pain (visual analogic scale), incapacity index (Roland Morris questionnaire) and medicine intake (diary) were evaluated before the intervention, one month and three months after ending the first ten days of intervention.
Investigators
Gustavo Plaza Manzano
Director
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •subjects should be independent to walk
- •subjects should have unspecific low back pain during at least the last two months
- •subjects should have had at least two recidives of low back pain within the last year
Exclusion Criteria
- •subjects with concomitant pathologies that impede the performance of exercises
- •pregnants
- •subjects with oncologic pathologies
- •subjects with cognitive alterations that impede the understanding of the tests
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in pain level from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a visual analogic scale.
Time Frame: The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention
Visual analogic scale
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in incapacity index from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with the Roland Morris questionnaire.(The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention)
- Change in medication intake from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a diary that subjects should complete.(The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention)