Pain Sensory Profile Changes Following Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNCT03748849
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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)
Several cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that patients with chronic low back pain have higher levels of pain sensitivity (local and widespread) when compared to controls. It is unclear however, if improvements in pain and function are reflected in a decrease in the sensitivity of pain mechanisms. This study compares the pain sensory profile in patients with chronic low back pain before and after a period of physiotherapy treatment. To account for natural fluctuations in pain sensitivity, healthy age matched controls are also measured twice
Study details
- Official title
- Is the Subjective Experience of Recovery From Low Back Pain Related a Decrease in the Sensitivity of Pain Mechanisms?
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Physiotherapy
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
- Start date
- 2016-01-20
- Primary completion
- 2019-01-07
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 40 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Denmark
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Patient group * Pain located in the low back region, defined as the area lying between the posterior superior iliac spine below and the thoracolumbar junction above * The pain has lasted between 3 and 60 months Exclusion Criteria: * Pain related to a specific pathology such as spinal stenosis, metastasis, fracture etc. * Leg pain related to nerve root compression/irritation. * Multiple painful sites/areas unrelated to the back pain * Operation to the spine * Any neurological or systemic diseases which can affect the outcome measures * Pregnancy * Lack of ability to cooperate Control group Inclusion Criteria • Are healthy and free from any pain specific to the low back and/or in general Exclusion Criteria * No current or previous history of on-going pain, defined as pain lasting more than 3 months, in the lumbopelvic region and/or elsewhere * Have participated in studies using a similar experimental pain model
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03748849