Health Education vs. Health Education Plus Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain Patients

Kovacs Foundation1 site in 1 country680 target enrollmentMarch 2007

ConditionsLow Back Pain

Overview

Phase: Phase 2
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Sponsor: Kovacs Foundation
Enrollment: 680
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Intensity of pain, measured at baseline, 90, and 180 days later
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 16 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a brief educational program and of an additional program in physical therapy, for the treatment of low back pain in Primary Care of the Spanish National Health Service. This is a controlled, cluster randomized community trial.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2007

End Date

September 2008

Last Updated

16 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Kovacs Foundation

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Consultation for low back pain, with or without referred or radiated pain; no signs of systemic disease or criteria for surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

•Inability to fill out the questionnaires (blindness, dementia, illiteracy; total habitual prostration;
•Diagnosis of rheumatologic inflammatory disease, fibromyalgia or cancer in last 5 years;
•Suspicion of fibromyalgia.