Combining Physiotherapy Group Exercise With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Elderly With Chronic Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06148896
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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 two-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to investigate the effectiveness of Group Exercise with acceptance and commitment therapy led by physiotherapist (GrExPACT) (experimental intervention) as compared to Group Exercise alone (GrEx) (control intervention) for elderly with chronic low back pain (LBP) whom are stratified as medium or high-risk using the STarT Back Screening Tool on functional recovery as measured by Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire as the primary outcome and a list of secondary outcomes which include Committed Action questionnaire, Chronic Pain Acceptance questionnaire, Patient self-efficacy Questionnaire, Brief Pain Inventory, Patient Specific Functional Scale, Short Physical Performance Battery and a patient satisfaction survey, immediately after a 5-week programme as well as at 3-month follow-up. The list of hypotheses to be tested in this RCT include: 1. For main effect: Intervention H0: The outcome means for the intervention of GrExPACT and GrEx are equal H1: The outcome means for the intervention of GrExPACT and GrEx are not equal 2. For main effect: Time H0: The outcome means for the time with measuring point at pre-intervention, immediate after the program and at 3 months are equal H1: The outcome means for the time with measuring point at pre-intervention, immediate after the program and at 3 months are not equal 3. For interaction: Intervention x Time H0: There is no interaction between the intervention and time H1: There is interaction between the intervention and time
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Combining Physiotherapy Group Exercise With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Elderly With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: GrExPACT
- Behavioral: GrEx
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Start date
- 2023-12-28
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria 1. Ages ≥ 65; 2. Nonspecific LBP for \> 3 month; 3. Stratified as medium-risk category (i.e., total score ≥ 4 and sub score ≤ to 3) and high-risk category (i.e., total score ≥ 4 and sub score ≥ 4) using the STarT Back Screening Tool; 4. Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) score ≥ 5 (with reference to the minimal level of detectable change)(30, 31); 5. Able to walk with or without assistive aid and with Modified Functional Ambulatory Category ≥ 6 (32); 6. Able to read Chinese characters; 7. Able to speak and understand Cantonese; and 8. Abbreviated mental test (AMT) ≥ 6 (33). Exclusion Criteria 1. Specific cause of LBP such as tumor, infection, or apparent neurological deficit; 2. Serious uncontrolled co-morbidities or systematic diseases which is contraindicated to exercise; 3. Orthopedic condition like recent fracture require immobilization and not fitting for exercise; 4. Unstable cardiac, pulmonary, metabolic, and psychological disease requiring acute care; 5. Severe cognitive, language or hearing deficits; 6. Spinal surgery in the past 12 months as not to confound with effect of surgery; 7. People who had prior treatment with ACT at any time; or 8. People who had received physiotherapy treatment in the previous 6 months.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06148896