From Structural to Functional Characteristics of the Lumbar Multifidus in Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNCT03612089
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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)
To delineate the underlying mechanisms that contribute to chronic low back pain, by extending our knowledge on structural characteristics of the lumbar multifidus muscle using ultrasound muscle imaging, and by examining the association of structural features with functional performance, more precisely proprioceptive control.
Study details
- Official title
- From Structural to Functional Characteristics of the Lumbar Multifidus in Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
- Collaborators
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Start date
- 2020-07-27
- Primary completion
- 2021-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- 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 for chronic low back pain group: * Non-specific low back pain, during 3 or more months, without radicular leg pain * Modified Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire \> 20% * Indication for MRI of the lumbar spine * No contra-indications for MRI * Informed consent to participate Inclusion criteria for healthy control group: * No history of low back pain needing medical treatment or resulting in limited activity level * Any low back pain in the previous 3 months * Informed consent to participate Exclusion criteria for all subjects: * Pregnancy * Previous trauma or surgery to spine, abdomen or pelvis * Structural deformity (e.g. scoliosis) * Neurological/neuromuscular/systemic disease * Inability to lie prone for 20 minutes
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03612089