Specific Stabilization Exercise With Ultrasound Feedback For Patient With Recurrent Low Back Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Recurrent Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: specific stabilization exercise

• Registration Number: NCT02112760
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

1. Specific aim 1:Identify factors that influence muscle performance by use of ultrasound imaging.

Hypothesis: Gender, age, and BMI affect the muscle performance of deep trunk muscles.

2. Specific aim 2. To compare the performance of trunk deep muscles (transversus abdominis and multifidus) and the sensation and pain thresholds of patients with recurrent low back pain with asymptomatic subjects.

Hypothesis: patients with recurrent low back pain have:

(A) less activation of the transversus abdominis and multifidus, (B) peripheral and central sensitization, with decreased sensation and pain thresholds in the lumbar and foot areas.

3. Specific aim 3. To determine the performance of the transversus abdominis and multifidus, and the sensation and pain thresholds by use of ultrasound feedback training in asymptomatic adults, and to compare these results with the traditional training protocols for trunk stabilization.

Hypothesis: Specific stabilization exercise using ultrasound feedback training is more effective in activating deep trunk muscles and increasing sensation and pain thresholds than the traditional stabilization training protocol in asymptomatic adults.

4. Specific aim 4. To determine the performance of the transversus abdominis and multifidus, and the sensation and pain thresholds by using the ultrasound feedback training in adults with low back pain, and to compare these results with the traditional training protocols for trunk stabilization.

Hypothesis: Specific stabilization exercise using ultrasound feedback training is more effective in activating deep trunk muscles and increasing sensation and pain thresholds than the traditional stabilization training protocol in adults with low back pain.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-12
• Status Verified: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-14
• Last Update Posted: 2014-04-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

• recurrent low back pain for at least the past year
• lumbar region discomfort more than one day in the past three months
• recurrent discomfort more than one time in the past three months

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy
• carcinoma
• systematic disease (rheumatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis etc)
• had surgery on lumbar region or lower extremities
• neurological symptom on lower extremities(numbness, pain etc)
• spondylolisthesis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patient	specific stabilization exercise	To evaluate the effect of specific stabilization intervention in recurrent low back pain participants

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Increased change of sliding of transversus abdominis muscle and change of thickness on multifidus muscle in asymptomatic and low back pain group	pre treatment (0 week), post treatment(6 week)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decrease cold sensation threshold on left back and hot sensation threshold on left leg in both group	pre treatment (0 week), post treatment(6 week)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, ZhongZeng District, Taiwan