Exercise rehabilitation programs for chronic low back pai

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Chronic non-specific low back pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000229976
• Lead Sponsor: Dr. Paul Marshall

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

Male and female participants with chronic non-specific low back pain. This group excludes those with specific low back pathologies (as assessed from described history of
participants), which introduces confounding factors for interpretation of the results.
Participants will have had LBP for at least 12 weeks and have provided written informed consent confirming
their participation. Participants must have a minimum level of disability caused by their LBP that scores at
least 15% in the Oswestry Functional Disability Index (ODI) to be included in the study. This will discriminate
the level of disability from that experienced by the normal population.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded for the following reasons: presence of severe postural abnormality or
neuromuscular disorder, previous diagnosis of pathology (confirmed by previous magnetic resonance
imaging or radiograph), presence of pain radiating below the knee with a passive straight leg raise indicating
disc and nerve involvement.
Participants must not have engaged in any specific core stability training program in the last 3-months, and
must not be regularly seeing a physiotherapist or any spinal manipulation practitioner.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ow back pain (Visual Analogue Pain Scale)[Baseline (pre) and 8-weeks (post program)];Oswestry disabilty index for low back pain related functional capacity (ODI)[Baseline (pre) and 8-weeks (post program)];Abdominal feedforward activation measured using surface electromyography. Test used is a rapid shoulder movement task. Onset of abdominal muscles relative to deltoid prime mover is used for analysis[Baseline (pre) and 8-weeks (post program)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fear of movement associated with back pain measured with the Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ).[Baseline (pre) and 8-weeks (post program)];Self-rated anxiety and depression measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS[Baseline (pre) and 8-weeks (post program)];Beliefs about pain assessed using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)[Baseline (pre) and 8-weeks (post program)]