Telehealth Physical Therapy for Chronic Back Pain - Ancillary Study to NCT03859713
CompletedNot applicableNCT05103462
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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)
This study evaluated the feasibility of an 8-week physical therapy program for persons with chronic low back pain provided entirely using telehealth with real-time, interactive video sessions with a physical therapist.
Study details
- Official title
- Observational Study of Telehealth Physical Therapy Provided for Persons With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Telehealth Physical Therapy
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
- Collaborators
- Intermountain Health Care, Inc.; Johns Hopkins University
- Start date
- 2020-08-18
- Primary completion
- 2020-12-18
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 64 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 - 64 years at the time of enrollment. * Meets NIH Task Force definition of chronic LBP based on two questions: 1) How long has LBP has been an ongoing problem for you? and 2) How often has LBP been an ongoing problem for you over the past 6 months? A response of greater than 3 months to question 1, and "at least half the days in the past 6 months" to question 2 is required to satisfy the NIH definition of chronic LBP. * Healthcare visit for LBP in the past 90 days. * At least moderate levels of pain and disability requiring ODI score \>24 and pain intensity rating \> 4. Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of serious pathology as a cause of LBP including neoplasm, inflammatory disease (e.g., ankylosing spondylitis), vertebral osteomyelitis, etc. * Evidence of a specific spinal pathology as the cause of LBP including spine fracture, spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, etc. * Knowingly pregnant * Unable to participate in telehealth due to lack of technology or internet access * Has received physical therapy for LBP in prior 90 days * Currently receiving substance use disorder treatment * Any lumbar spine surgery in the past year.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05103462