Aging, Mobility and Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNCT05167877
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Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is very common in older adults and is one of the most common reasons for disability and poor quality of life. Lack of physical activity is considered to negatively impact CLBP and show an inverse association with pain symptoms and limitations. Remote and real-time monitoring can allow ecological momentary assessment which involves repeated sampling of participants' current behaviors and experiences in their natural environments. Recent advances allow monitoring of activity using inertial measurement units (consisting of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers) that can be worn by an individual at home or during work. In our study, we plan to test the feasibility and acceptability of the wearable devices in elderly patients with CLBP and to explore the use of data analytics and machine learning on the recorded data, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of a larger cohort study.
Study details
- Official title
- Studying Aging, Mobility and Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults Using Remote Monitoring
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: No intervention will be given to the participants
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
- Collaborators
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- Start date
- 2023-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2024-02-14
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 65 Years to 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>65 and \<80 years * patients with present and known history of non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) will be included in the active group * participants without CLBP will be included in the control group * ability to comprehend or understand commands in English language Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any unstable cardio-respiratory comorbidity such as congestive heart failure, severe coronary disease, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or asthma needing daily treatment with puffers * known history of neurocognitive impairment * known history of untreated or uncontrolled psychological disorders * history of previous back surgery * presence of moderate to severe knee, ankle, or foot pain, and other physical impairments needing walking assistance * participants expected to receive a new medication treatment or injection for their CLBP during the study week
Canadian sites (1)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05167877