Immediate Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05077566
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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)
The main objective of this study is: • To evaluate the immediate hypoalgesic effect of an aerobic exercise session of different intensities in patients with chronic low back pain; The secondary objective is: • To explore whether pain intensity, level of physical activity, functionality, catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, anxiety and depression interfere with the immediate hypoalgesic effect of exercise.
Study details
- Official title
- Immediate Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Exercise at 60% vo2
- Other: Exercise at 90% vo2
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Start date
- 2021-10-03
- Primary completion
- 2022-08-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Portugal
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * All groups: * age between 18 and 65 years old * Participants with low back pain: * non-specific LBP (defined as pain between the costal margins and the inferior gluteal folds, which is usually accompanied by painful limitation of movement and may be associated with pain referred down to the leg) Exclusion Criteria: * All groups: * presence of pathology of the nervous system, cardiovascular or carcinogenic, rheumatic diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis), fibromyalgia, previous history of lumbar surgery, medication that affects or alters heart rate, any contraindication to exercise and pregnancy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05077566