PACTR201606001660285
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A comparison of a pedometer-based walking program versus physiotherapy for patients suffering from nociceptive or neuropathic chronic, recurrent low back pain in Johannesburg
Not provided0 sites147 target enrollmentJune 5, 2016
Overview
- Phase
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- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Sponsor
- Not provided
- Enrollment
- 147
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •¿LBP lasting for longer than 3 months and/or recurring episodes greater than 3 per year.
- •¿Less than 150 minutes of intentional exercise per week.
- •¿LBP with or without radiation into leg/s.
- •¿Patients attending private practice physiotherapy.
- •¿Age: 18\-65 years.
- •¿Patient must be able to walk a minimum of 20 minutes.
- •¿Patient must be willing to participate in a 12 week study, which requires a minimum of three and a maximum of nine physiotherapy treatments mentioned in this RCT.
Exclusion Criteria
- •¿Current pregnancy.
- •¿Knowledge of a malignancy.
- •¿Knowledge of rheumatic disease systemically causing lower back pain.
- •¿Currently diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
- •¿History of serious psychological or psychiatric illness (mild depression eligible for inclusion).
- •¿LBP caused by involvement in a Workman¿s compensation claim or on\-going litigation.
- •¿Medically unfit to participate in exercise program.
- •¿Acute/ recent spinal fractures.
- •¿Any other current musculoskeletal injury or contraindication to increasing walking times, including and cardiorespiratory or other medical condition limiting exercise tolerance.
- •¿Evidence of nerve root, spinal cord, or cauda equina compression indicating signs of neurogenic claudication.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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