Physical activity effectiveness for chronic non-specific low back pain treatment in Burundi
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Inclusion Criteria
18-65 years old
- Patients willing to attend a 12-wk treatment programme
- Patients with chronic (=3 mo) or recurrent (=3 episodes in previous 12 mo) LBP of mechanical origin
- Sufficiently mobile: eg, can get up off floor unaided
Exclusion Criteria
- Cognitive deficit
- Pregnant women
- Red flags indicating serious spinal pathology (eg, cancer, cauda equina lesion)
- Radicular pain indicative of nerve root compression
- Patients diagnosed with severe spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and fibromyalgia
- Comorbidities that prevent the patient from participating in group-based physical activity
- Contraindication to physical activity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method