A study to investigate the effect of body positioning treatment on lower back pain.
Completed
- Conditions
- ow back painLow back painPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000084280
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 89
Inclusion Criteria
(1)Currently suffering from acute (symptoms for less than 3 months) low back pain (International Association for the Study of Pain definition: either initial episode or acute exacerbation).
or surgery in the spine.
(2)Willing to sign an informed consent form
(3)Able to lie supine and prone.
(4) Possessing four or more digitally tender points at prescribed sites in the low back and buttock
regions and/or the anterior pelvic and abdominal regions.
Exclusion Criteria
(1)History of spinal fractures
(2) Diagnosed with an inflammatory disorder
(3) Diagnosed with fibromyalgia
(4) Suffering from signs of lumbar radiculopathy
(5) Of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ancestry
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The 'Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire' (Fritz and Irrgang, 2001) is to be used to generate the 'Oswestry Disability Index' - an index for dysfunction and disability due to low back pain.[2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analogue scale (Pain)[2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months]