Abdominal Belt Use to Treat Low Back Pain
CompletedPhase 4NCT02062918
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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)
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of an abdominal belt in the treatment of chronic mechanical-postural low back pain. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out, involving 60 consecutively selected patients with chronic low back pain randomly allocated to an intervention group (use of abdominal belt) and control group (non-use of abdominal belt). Patients were evaluated at the baseline of the study (T0) as well as 1 (T1), 3 (T3) and 6 months (T6) after the inclusion. The patients were assessed for: pain (VAS); functional capacity (Roland Morris), patient satisfaction (Likert scale); and number of anti-inflammatory pills ingested. Intention-to-treat analysis was also used. Hypothesis - abdominal belt will improve pain in chronic low back pain patients
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Abdominal Belt for the Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Abdominal belt
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
- Collaborators
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Start date
- 2010-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * patients from both genders, * between 18 and 65 years of age, * who sought medical care for a complaint of lumbar pain, * diagnosed with Chronic low back pain, with VAS for pain between 4 and 8 cm (0-10), * who agreed to participate in the study and signed terms of informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * diagnosis or under diagnostic investigation of low back pain from secondary causes (spondyloarthopathy, infection, neoplasm, complete sciatica), * fibromyalgia, * previous spinal surgery, * litigation (patients on leave from work or in work leave processes due to low back pain); * having changed physical activity in previous three months; * body mass index (BMI) higher than 30; * acupuncture treatment or physiotherapy in the previous three months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02062918