Exposure-based Treatment for Avoidant Back Pain Patients
CompletedNot applicableNCT01484418
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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)
Chronic low back pain often results in psychosocial and physical disability. A subgroup of these patients shows fear of (re)injury and avoidance behaviour leading to higher disability. The purpose of this study is to determine whether exposure in vivo is more effective in the treatment of fear avoidant chronic back pain patients than psychological treatment as usual (cognitive behavioural psychotherapy).
Study details
- Official title
- Exposure Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Exposure in vivo
- Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
- Collaborators
- Psychotherapie-Ambulanz Marburg e.V.; German Research Foundation
- Start date
- 2011-08
- Primary completion
- 2015-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Having at least 3 months back pain * Sufficient level on fear avoidance scores (TSK, Phoda) * Being German-speaking * Agreeing to participate, verified by completion of informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Red flags * Pregnancy * Illiteracy * Psychoses * Alcohol addiction * surgeries during the last 6 months or planed surgeries * Specific medical disorders or cardiovascular diseases preventing participation in physical exercise * Participating in another psychotherapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01484418