Effects of Strength Training in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
CompletedNot applicableNCT03326362
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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)
Although it is known that chronic low back pain (CLBP) have a multifactorial etiology, the investigations about it are mostly specific to each investigation area, making difficult to understand this complex condition. The purpose of the study was to investigate CLBP from a multidisciplinary approach, analyzing biomechanical, morphological and inflammatory parameters aiming to compare the influence of two strength training protocols, one of low intensity and low volume (LIT) and one of high intensity and high volume (HIT). In both experiments, pain intensity and level of functional disability were analyzed (by analogue scale of pain and Oswestry Index), Ground Reaction Forces (GRF - AMTI BP600900 - 2000 force plate), kinematics of lower limbs (Inertial Sensors by Noraxon) and electromyography of the rectus abdominis, external oblique, lumbar multifidus, medial gluteus, vastus lateralis and biceps femoris muscles (TelemyoDTS) during gait and sit-to-stand, inflammatory cytokines by Multiplex in blood samples and cross-sectional area (CSA) of the lumbar multifidus by ultrasound imaging.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Strength Training Upon Biomechanical, Morphological and Inflammatory Parameters of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Resistance training
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Start date
- 2017-02-06
- Primary completion
- 2017-05-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- 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: * Being ≥18 years old * Present low back or lumbo-sacral pain and function restriction (i.e. \>15% in the Oswestry Questionnaire) for 12 weeks or longer * Do not present any functional anatomical-abnormalities, neuromuscular joint diseases and acute symptoms of pain * Recent participation in an exercise program (at least 12 weeks) * Pregnancy or diseases that can directly impact systemic inflammation (i.e: cancer, diabetes, hypertension) Exclusion Criteria: • Minimum adherence to the training protocol, defined as performing at least 75% of the training sessions.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03326362