BackActive: exposure in vivo in chronic low back pain patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: ow back pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Dorsalgia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN88087718
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Maastricht (UM) (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

1. Non-specific low back pain
2. Duration of pain disability 3 months or more
3. Age between 18-65 years
4. Substantial pain-related fear (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia >33)

Exclusion Criteria

1. No consent
2. Illiteracy
3. Pregnancy
4. Substance abuse
5. Involvement in any litigation concerning disability income
6. Specific medical disorders and cardiovascular diseases, preventing participation at physical exercise
7. Low back pain attributable to recognizable pathology (e.g. infection, tumor, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture, or inflammatory process, prolapsed intervertebral disc)
8. Psychopathology: pretest criteria applied to a standardized test, the SCL-90 and Beck Depression Inventory
9. Patients with restricted disability due to their back pain (Roland Disability Questionnaire score <4)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified