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Chronic Low Back Pain Rehabilitation in Primary Care: an RCT

CompletedNot applicableNCT02220543
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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)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a new primary care intervention "Back on Track" as compared to usual primary care in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain in which disability levels are moderate and the role of psychosocial factors to this disability is at maximum low (classified as WPN2).

Study details

Official title
The Effectiveness of a Biopsychosocial Rehabilitation Program in Primary Care (Back on Track) Versus Primary Care as Usual in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain in Which Psychosocial Factors Minimally Influence Daily Life Functioning: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Interventions
  • Other: Back on Track intervention
  • Other: Primary care as usual
Sponsor
Maastricht University Medical Center
Collaborators
Adelante, Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology; The Province of Limburg; CZ Fonds
Start date
2014-08
Primary completion
2017-08
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 65 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
Netherlands
Total sites listed
8

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic low back pain; defined as pain between scapulae and gluteal region, whether or not with radiation towards one or both legs, present for at least three months. * Presence of contributing social and psychological factors, however not complex (WPN2 classification) * Age between 18 and 65 year * Sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language * Acceptance towards the biopsychosocial approach instead of biomedical approach Exclusion Criteria: * Chronic low back pain attributable to e.g. infection, tumour, osteoporosis, fracture, structural deformation, inflammatory process, radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome * Pregnancy * Any suspicion of an (underlying) psychiatric disease, for which psychiatric treatment is better suited, according to the expert opinion of the consultant in rehabilitation medicine.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02220543