The Forgotten Role of Back Muscle Characteristics to Tailor Exercise Therapy for Recurrent Non-specific Low Back Pain
RecruitingNCT05851196
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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)
Patients with non-specific low back pain will be compared to healthy, age- and sex-matched controls to determine the most discriminating back muscle characteristics and to delineate possible phenotypes of patients with non-specific low back pain showing impaired proprioceptive postural control. Additionally, the group of patients with non-specific low back pain will receive a 16-week, high-load proprioceptive training program. The effects of this training program on the different back muscle characteristics and proprioceptive postural control will be evaluated.
Study details
- Official title
- Back to Back: the Forgotten Role of Back Muscle Characteristics to Tailor Exercise Therapy for Recurrent Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Proprioceptive training
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University
- Collaborators
- KU Leuven
- Start date
- 2024-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2026-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Patients with non-specific low back pain: * Aged 18-60 years * Non-specific low back pain without radicular leg pain * Mechanical low back pain with episodes of \<4 on the numerical pain rating scale and episodes of \>6 on the numerical pain rating scale * Non-specific low back pain for three months or more * Score of 20% or more on the Modified Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire * Informed consent to participate Healthy controls: * Aged 18-60 years * No history of low back pain needing medical treatment or resulting in a limited activity level * No low back pain in the previous six months * Informed consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Previous trauma or surgery to the spine, pelvis or lower limbs * Structural spinal deformity (e.g., scoliosis) * Neurological, neuromuscular, respiratory or systemic disease * Central sensitization: score of 50/100 or more on the Central Sensitization Inventory * Specific vestibular or balance problems * Acute lower limb or neck problems * Body mass index of 30 kg/m² or more
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05851196