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In patients with low back pain, does general spine and body conditioning, compared to manual therapy, improve intervertebral disc characteristics?

Deakin University0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 2015年11月20日最近更新:
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不适用
状态
已完成
入组人数
40

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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomised controlled trial
主要目的
Treatment

入排标准

年龄范围
25 Years 至 45 Years(—)
性别
All

入选标准

  • Key inclusion criteria:
  • * Low back pain of at least 3 months duration. Can be recurrent intermittent low back pain.
  • * NRS scale (via telephone): minimum of 2 and maximum of 8
  • * Aged 25-45
  • * Sedentary: Less than 150 minutes moderate to vigorous physical activity per week. Moderate = make you breathe somewhat harder than normal
  • * Available to attend up to 3d/week to a facility at either Deakin University or Boronia
  • * Able to attend during work hours
  • * Able to attend a 3 hour testing sessions at baseline, 3 and 6 months at Deakin with an additional MRI scan on a different day

排除标准

  • 1. Unable to attend of up to 2 sessions per week of 1 hours over a 6 month period.
  • 2. Formal organised sport
  • 3. Gym exercise more than one day a week
  • 4. Any current parallel treatment
  • 5. Unable to complete the testing protocol
  • 6. Spinal pain/treatment exclusions:
  • * Any other current interventional treatment (aside from seeing GP and/or taking medication)
  • * Plans at the time of enrolment to undergo invasive treatment (injections or surgery) in the subsequent 6 months
  • * History of spinal surgery
  • * Is on a waiting list for spinal surgery
  • * Have a compensable claim for their back injury
  • * History of traumatic injury to the spine (e.g. fractures, car accident)
  • * Known scoliosis for which prior medical consultation has been sought.
  • * Have cauda equina syndrome based on imaging and bladder or bowel disturbance
  • * Neurological symptoms: radicular pain (symptoms on clinical subjective examination), pins/needles/numbness
  • * Non-musculoskeletal causes of low back pain (as defined upon review of baseline MRIs)
  • 7. Current smoker
  • 8. Known anaemia
  • 9. Unable to communicate easily in English
  • 10. Females:
  • * Pregnancy
  • * Possible pregnancy
  • * Breastfeeding
  • * Plans to become pregnant in next 6 months
  • * If during the course of the study a female subject thinks there is even a chance she may have become pregnant, she will be excluded from the study. The female subjects will be asked this before each testing session (0,3,6 months).
  • * Given birth in the last 9 months
  • 11. Further DXA specific criteria:
  • * Had nuclear medicine done within 3 months (radioactive contrast agent)
  • * Metal or other implants in the spine
  • * Unable to fit onto the DXA table: weighs more than 130kg
  • * Possible pregnancy
  • 12. MR specific criteria:
  • * Claustrophobia
  • * Any metal implants or fragments
  • * Any electronic implants (e.g. pacemaker)
  • * Piercings that cannot be removed
  • * Body weight above 120kg
  • 13. TMS specific criteria:
  • * Epilepsy
  • * Chronic migraine
  • * History of seizures
  • * Family history of seizures
  • * Serious head injury (including neurosurgery) : a one off incident of concussion is OK, but repeated incidents or anything more serious is an exclusion
  • * Any illness that caused brain injury
  • * Any other brain-related condition
  • * Head implants or pacemakers
  • * Medication for mental health or neurological diseases (pain killers are ok)

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