Cognitive Functional Therapy Compared to Cognitive Patient Education and Physiotherapy for Patients With Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03952741
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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)
Background: There is a need for projects that link work closer to the rehabilitation chain to further understand risk factors for sick-leave. The new aspect of this project is that it combines work place intervention with individualized physiotherapy, based on validated standardized tests and a classification based treatment system. Aim: The aim is to expand the knowledge and understanding of complex causes of musculoskeletal pain, particularly low back pain (LBP). The main aim is to examine if cognitive functional therapy (CFT) can further reduce sick-leave and pain, and increase function and well-being. Material and methods: To ensure good recruitment we have collaboration with the Department for Health and social services in the county of Bergen, which has a sickness absence above average among their health workers. We will invite those with LBP problems to be included in an RCT and receive CFT in a physiotherapy clinic (usually offered 5 to 12 visits). The comparison group will receive a series with cognitive patient education and physiotherapy (COPE-PT) given by a physiotherapist. All participants will be followed by their workplace leaders. All patients who enter the RCT will be re-examined at 3 and 12 months and the predictors for sick-leave, function and coping in different sub-groups of patients with NSLBP will be studied.
Study details
- Official title
- Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) Compared to Cognitive Patient Education and Physiotherapy (COPE-PT) for Patients With Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain (NSCLBP)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
- Start date
- 2012-03
- Primary completion
- 2016-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 67 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * NSLBP for \> 3 months, and reported that their pain was provoked by postures, movement and daily activities. * Pain intensity measured with a numerical rating scale (NPRS) over the last 14 days \>3/10 * Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) ≥ 7 was necessary to be admitted to the study. * Ørebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire-short form (ØMPQ-SF) was used to examine the participants risk profile pre-treatment, and had to be ≥ 30, on a scale from 0-100. Exclusion Criteria: * Continuous sick-leave duration ≥ 4 months * Acute exacerbation of LBP a * Specific LBP diagnosis - radicular pain, disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, stenosis, Modic changes * Any low limb surgery in the last 3 months; surgery involving the lumbar spine; * Pregnancy * Diagnosed psychiatric disorder * Active rheumatologic disease, progressive neurological disease * Serious cardiac or other internal medical condition * Malignant diseases, acute traumas, infections, or acute vascular catastrophes.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03952741