Manual Therapy/Exercises vs. Physiotherapy/Back School vs. Waiting List in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
TerminatedNot applicableNCT05843149
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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)
A randomized controlled trial for patients with chronic low back pain with two treatment arms and one waiting list control group. Primary outcome is pain intensity on VAS.
Study details
- Official title
- Manual Therapy/Exercises vs. Physiotherapy/Back School vs. Waiting List in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain - a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Manual Therapy/Exercises
- Behavioral: Physiotherapy/Back School
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
- Start date
- 2023-05-02
- Primary completion
- 2023-09-26
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * pre-existing and specialist confirmed diagnosis of chronic low back pain for at least 3 months prior to inclusion * Average pain intensity with at least 40 mm on the VAS from 0 to 100 mm and pain on at least 5 of 7 weekdays in the last 3 months. Exclusion criteria: * Regular own exercise practice for the treatment of back pain (including yoga and other interventions) * Invasive spinal procedures within the past 6 weeks or planned within the next 10 weeks * Acute disc herniation (diagnosed within the last 3 months) * Congenital deformities of the lumbar spine * Rheumatoid arthritis * Fibromyalgia * Ankylosing spondylitis * Severe comorbidities * Pregnancy/lactation * Current participation in another clinical trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05843149