Identification of Prognostic Indicators for Rehabilitation in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain Patients
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02063503
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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)
There is a consensus that exercise therapy should be used as a therapy approach in CLBP but little consensus has been reached about the preferential type of therapy. There occurs to be a wash out effect because of the heterogeneous character of CLBP patients. As a result, no effect can be demonstrated for the entire sample. This is why one should consider creating subgroups based on prognostic indicators. Objectives for this trial is to possibly identify prognostic indicators for treatment response to three forms of exercise therapy for patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP). The study design is a multicenter cohort design. Patients with nonspecific low back pain of more than three months duration are recruited in two different hospitals (Antwerp University Hospital and Sint Vincentius Hospital). After examination patients are assigned to one of three intervention groups: motor control therapy, isometric training therapy and a combination therapy. All patients will undergo eighteen treatment sessions during nine weeks. Measurements will be taken at baseline and after nine weeks of treatment. The primary outcome used is the Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (MDQ). For each type of exercise therapy prognostic indicators will be investigated. Never before a multi-arm design was performed for the identification of prognostic indicators for exercise therapy in patients with nonspecific CLBP.
Study details
- Official title
- The Identification of Prognostic Indicators for Exercise Therapy in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Multicenter Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Start date
- 2013-09
- Primary completion
- 2017-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * at least 3 months low back pain * consulted a medical doctor during last month because of persistent low back pain * age between 18 - 60 Exclusion Criteria: * vestibular dysfunction * a history of known spinal fractures * spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis * radiating pain below the knee * muscle, nerve, skin, joint diseases * pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02063503