Anticipatory Muscle Control and Effect of Stabilizing Exercises in Patients With Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT00201513
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Muscular stability is essential to the spinal column to avoid harmful strain and injury to its structures. Sudden postural disturbances impose reactive internal forces through the spine. If the muscles do not react before the internal reactive forces propagate through the spine, there is a short fraction of time where the spinal column may lack sufficient muscular support. Studies have shown that in patients with low back pain deep abdominal and back muscle have a delayed response to reactive forces. The purpose of this study is to verify these findings and to investigate whether tailored interventions can improve the reaction time in stabilizing muscle around the lower spinal column i patients with subacute and chronic low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Randomized Controlled Trial of Stabilizing Exercises and Effect on Anticipatory Muscle Control in Patients With Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Isolated Transversus abdominis (TrA) exercise
- Behavioral: sling exercise
- Behavioral: group exercise
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Collaborators
- Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy
- Start date
- 2006-01
- Primary completion
- 2007-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Unspecific subacute, subacute remitting and chronic LBP * Both sexes, 20-60 yrs of age * LBP between 2-8 on a 11-pt numeric rating scale Exclusion Criteria: * Previous back surgery * Sick listed more than one year * Radiating pain below knee or motor deficits * Systemic diseases and "red flags" * Diagnosed psychiatric disease * Ingoing insurance claim * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00201513