Changes in Motor Cortex Following Exercises for Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedPhase 1NCT00864422
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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)
The motor cortex of the brain changes following chronic pain and injury, and this is linked to pain-associated changes in motor behaviour. This study aimed to investigate whether therapeutic exercises in patients with chronic pain can induce reorganisation of the motor cortex and restore normal motor behaviour. The investigators hypothesised that motor training can induce reorganisation of the motor cortex and that these changes are related to improved motor behaviour.
Study details
- Official title
- Driving Plasticity in the Motor Brain in Chronic Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Skilled motor training
- Behavioral: Walking exercise
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
- Start date
- 2006-10
- Primary completion
- 2007-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Australia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Sustained or episodic non-specific low back pain lasting longer than 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Orthopaedic, neurological, circulatory or respiratory conditions * History or family history of epilepsy * Recent or current pregnancies * Previous surgery to the abdomen or back * Abdominal or back exercises in the preceding 12 months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00864422