Behavioral Exercise Therapy and Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation for Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01666639
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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)
Multidisciplinary behavioral-orthopedic rehabilitation in the treatment of chronic back pain has proven its short-term effectiveness. Exercise therapy plays a major role in such a combination of treatments. There is a considerable need to develop theory-based exercise interventions which foster a long-term adherence to physical activity. Furthermore, an integration of behavioral elements such as coping competencies regarding back pain is needed. It is not yet clear, which specific part of multidisciplinary rehabilitation causes its effects. The role of exercise therapy has yet to be investigated. Aim of this study is the implementation of a standardized behavioral exercise therapy into an existing behavioral-medical rehabilitation for patients with chronic back pain. The main hypothesis is that the participation in the behavioral exercise therapy leads to greater short- and long-term improvements in functional capacity compared to the usual care.
Study details
- Official title
- Behavioral Exercise Therapy to Optimize Inpatient Behavioral Orthopedic Rehabilitation for Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Behavioral Medical Rehabilitation plus behavioral exercise therapy
- Behavioral: Usual Behavioral Medical Rehabilitation
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Collaborators
- Deutsche Rentenversicherung
- Start date
- 2011-03
- Primary completion
- 2013-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria (ICD-10): * F45.4 Persistent somatoform pain disorder * F45.41 Chronic pain disorder with somatic and psychological factors * F54 Psychological and behavioural factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere * M51.2 Other specified intervertebral disc displacement * M51.3 Other specified intervertebral disc degeneration * M51.4 Schmorl's nodes * M51.8 Other specified intervertebral disc disorders * M51.9 Intervertebral disc disorder, unspecified * M53.8 Other specified dorsopathies * M53.9 dorsophathy, unspecified * M54.4 Lumbago with sciatica * M54.5 Low back pain * M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine * M54.8 Other dorsalgia * M54.9 Dorsalgia, unspecified * R52.2 Other chronic pain Exclusion Criteria: * distinct specific diagnosis for back pain (e.g. radicular symptoms, myelopathy) * severely limited health status (comorbidity) * serious impairment of vision and hearing (not corrected) * serious psychiatric codiagnosis (exkl. see inclusion criteria) * inability to speak german * pension claim (§51 SGB V - german law)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01666639