Multiplanar Lumbopelvic Control in Patients With Low Back Pain

Completed

• Conditions: Low Back Pain

• Registration Number: NCT02089321
• Lead Sponsor: Regis University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether combined assessment of lumbopelvic control during sagittal and frontal plane motion (using two common clinical observational assessments) discriminates between people with and without LBP than single plane assessment alone. It was hypothesized that the two tests used in combination (multiplanar) would perform better than each test used independently (single planar) in accurately discriminating patient cases from healthy controls.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Primary Completion: 2012-08
• Study Completion: 2012-08
• Status Verified: 2014-03
• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-13
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with LBP

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-70 years old
• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instruction in English
• Seeking treatment from a physical therapist for LBP (pain below T12-L1 vertebral segment), prior to initial evaluation (no treatment provided)

Matched Controls: Control subjects will be matched for age, gender, and BMI category to patients with LBP.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instruction in English

• No history of LBP during the past 5 years requiring:

  • > 3 day absence from work/school/recreation
  • Clinical Care (MD, DC, DPT, MT) for LBP

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with LBP

• Pregnancy within past 12 months
• Previous spine or hip surgery
• Serious spinal or systemic pathology
• Inability to transfer from standing to supine to sidelying to prone
• Inability to stand > 20 minutes

Matched Controls

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy within the past 12 months
• Previous spine or hip surgery
• Inability to transfer from standing to supine to side-lying to prone
• Inability to stand > 20 minutes

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance on Active Hip Abduction Test	Assessed on data collection day	Examiner scores movement pattern (ability to retain lumbopelvic neutral) during performance of active hip abduction in sidelying using an ordinal scale (0-3) with 0-1 considered a negative test and 2-3 considered a positive test.
Performance on Active Straight Leg Raise Test	Assessed on data collection day	Participant self-rates degree of difficulty (0-5) to perform active straight leg raise in supine with any non-zero score considered a positive test result.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Regis University; 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States