Spinal Control During Functional Activities to Improve Low Back Pain Outcomes
CompletedNot applicableNCT02027623
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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)
Exercise is one of the primary interventions used with people with chronic, mechanical low back pain. It is unknown, however, which exercise is best for which person, which exercises a person will adhere to and for how long, and the effect of adhering to a specific type of exercise on how the person functions, particularly in the long run. The purpose of this study is to examine if the short- and long-term effects are different between 1) commonly prescribed strength and flexibility exercises for the trunk and limbs, and 2) individualized practice in daily functional activities that are difficult or painful to perform. Adherence to the different interventions, the relationship between adherence and outcomes,as well as the effect of a booster intervention also will be examined.
Study details
- Official title
- Spinal Control During Functional Activities to Improve Low Back Pain Outcomes
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Motor skill training
- Behavioral: Strength and flexibility exercise
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Start date
- 2014-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2017-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * chronic low back pain for a minimum of 12 months * currently experiencing low back pain symptoms but not in a recurrence or an acute flare-up * Modified Oswestry Disability Index score of ≥ 20% * 3 or more functional activities limited due to low back pain * able to stand and walk without assistance * able to understand and sign a consent form Exclusion Criteria: * BMI \>30 * any structural spinal deformity including scoliosis, kyphosis, or stenosis * spinal fracture or dislocation * low back pain due to trauma * osteoporosis * ankylosing spondylitis * rheumatoid arthritis * fibromyalgia * symptomatic disc herniation * spondylolisthesis * serious spinal complications such as tumor or infection * previous spinal surgery * frank neurological loss, i.e., weakness and sensory loss * pain or paresthesia below the knee * etiology of low back pain other than the lumbar spine, e.g., hip joint * history of neurologic disease which required hospitalization * active treatment for cancer * history of unresolved cancer * pregnancy * worker's compensation, disability, or litigation case * Graves' disease * Marfan syndrome * Unable to classify low back pain based on clinical examination findings
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02027623