Biopsychosocial Exploration of Pain Profiles in Inflammatory and Chronic Non-specific Axial Low Back Pain
CompletedNCT02704845
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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 biopsychosocial model is well established in chronic low back pain (CLBP) research. Nevertheless, researchers to date have overlooked the biopsychosocial aspects of Inflammatory Low Back pain (ILBP). Most health care providers are biologically oriented in their treatment of ILBP, neglecting its possible multidimensional nature. It is true that people with ILBP may present with more complex pain and physical limitations than those with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP), but it remains unexplored whether or not these limitations are affected by the same pain factors that affect CNSLBP patients. This study aims to explore and compare the biopsychosocial back pain profiles of adults with ILBP and CNSLBP.
Study details
- Official title
- Biopsychosocial Exploration of Pain Profiles in Inflammatory and Chronic Non-specific Axial Low Back Pain: An Exploration of Similarities and Differences
- Conditions
- Back Pain
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing
- Low Back Pain
- Sponsor
- University of Dublin, Trinity College
- Start date
- 2015-09
- Primary completion
- 2016-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Ireland
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult between 18 and 65 years of age * Low back pain \>3 months * On stable medication * Ability to walk independently without an assistive device * Specific inclusion criteria for AS group: clinical diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis by a rheumatologist * Specific inclusion for CNSLBP group: clinical diagnosis by a physician for CLBP Exclusion Criteria: * Spinal surgery or compression fracture within the last 6 months * Cauda equine and conus medullaris syndromes * Severe musculoskeletal conditions affecting the upper and/or the lower limbs, such as severe inflammatory arthritis of the peripheral joints * Severe osteoporosis * Leg-length discrepancy * Cancer * Morbid obesity, or pregnancy * Progressive neurological disease * Psychiatric disease and/or cognitive limitations that could affect the ability to complete the study questionnaires * Inability to read and/or understand the English language * Severe cardiac, respiratory or neurological diseases * Uncontrolled epilepsy * Specific exclusion criteria for CNSLBP group: Spondyloarthropathy, or any structural abnormalities in the lumbar spine that result in serious neurological dysfunction, such as stage III-IV lumbar disc herniation, and grade III-IV spondylolisthesis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02704845