Therapeutic Effects of Horticulture on Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activation in People With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04656158
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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)
Chronic low back leads to a significant socio-economic burden. It is associated with physical and psychosocial deconditioning. Even a short "nature experience" has positive effects on the affective and cognitive factors involved in chronic pain. In the brain, the anterior cingulate cortex plays an important role in both pain and emotions. Exposure to a natural environment may decrease activation of the anterior cingulate cortex. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic horticulture on the decrease of activation of the anterior cingulate cortex in people with chronic low back pain participating in 2 sessions of 90 minutes of therapeutic horticulture and 2 sessions of 90 minutes of handiwork. The investigators hypothesize that therapeutic horticulture may reduce the activation of the anterior cingulate cortex. The effects of therapeutic horticulture may be mediated through the double exposure to both nature and physical activity.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparative Effects of Therapeutic Horticulture and Handiwork on Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activation in People With Chronic Low Back Pain : A Randomized Cross-over Controlled Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Physical activity involving exposure to nature: Therapeutic horticulture
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Collaborators
- URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
- Start date
- 2021-05-25
- Primary completion
- 2022-03-29
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults of working-age (18 to 70 years), * Chronic non-specific low back pain, * Patient waiting for a short functional restoration program in the rehabilitation department, * Failure of first-line treatment, * Up-to-date DTP vaccination, * Patients able to walk 2 km, * Health insurance, * Informed written consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Specific low back pain, * Contraindication to MRI, * Current stoppage or for more than 3 months during the last year, * Lack of paid employment, * Participation in another research on low back pain, * Inability to fluently speak and/or read French language, * Free state medical assistance * People under tutorship or curatorship, and protected adults.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04656158