Self-Selected Versus Physiotherapist-Prescribed Resistance Training Program In People With Chronic Low Back Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07745465
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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)
Chronic low back pain is a public health issue affecting over 20% of the Spanish population, causing disability, reduced quality of life, and work absenteeism. Over the past decades, the benefits of physical exercise for improving symptoms in patients with chronic low back pain have been studied. Exercise has also been shown to improve quality of life, general health, self-efficacy, and fear of pain, regardless of pathology. Research on the effect of physical exercise in chronic low back pain patients has shown promising results. Therefore, the therapeutic exercise program proposed in this study may help participants adopt healthy habits that positively impact their quality of life. This will be a clinical trial in patients with chronic low back pain. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a self-selected resistance training program versus physiotherapist-prescribed exercises in improving pain intensity and disability in adults with chronic low back pain. Secondary objectives include evaluating differences between the two groups after 12 weeks in treatment satisfaction, degree of compliance, kinesiophobia, self-efficacy, muscle endurance, and lumbar electromyographic activity. If you agree to participate, a member of the research team experienced in exercise programs for chronic low back pain will instruct you on how to perform the program. The follow-up study will include 34 participants randomly assigned to two groups: one group performing self-selected resistance exercises, and one group performing physiotherapist-prescribed exercises. The study will last 12 weeks, assessing your condition at the start and end of the study. You will complete questionnaires on pain intensity (Numerical Pain Rating Scale, NPRS), disability (Oswestry Disability Index, ODI), treatment satisfaction (CRES-4), adherence to treatment, kinesiophobia (TSK-11), self-efficacy (Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, PSEQ), muscle endurance (Biering-Sørensen test), and surface…
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of a Self-Selected Resistance Training Program Compared With a Physiotherapist-Prescribed Resistance Training Program in People With Chronic Low Back Pain (MyBack Exercise): A Randomized Control Pilot Study
- Conditions
- People With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Control group
- Behavioral: Experimental group
- Sponsor
- University of Cadiz
- Collaborators
- Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe
- Start date
- 2026-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2027-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria a) Male and female participants aged 18-65 years b) Low back pain, with or without referred pain to the lower limb, persisting for ≥12 weeks c) Not currently engaged in a regular structured exercise programme d) Sufficient cognitive and communication abilities to complete the assessment scales and participate in the study intervention Exclusion Criteria 1. Lumbar radiculopathy or radicular pain syndrome, defined by clinical signs of nerve root involvement (e.g., dermatomal pain, neurological deficits, or positive neurodynamic tests) 2. Serious spinal or non-spinal pathology explaining low back pain, identified through clinical assessment (e.g., malignancy, vertebral fracture, spinal infection, cauda equina syndrome, inflammatory spinal disease, vascular, visceral or other serious causes). 3. Medical contraindications to exercise, as determined by the treating physician The presence of lumbar degenerative imaging findings (e.g., degenerative disc disease, lumbar spondylosis, facet joint osteoarthritis, or Modic changes) will not constitute an exclusion criterion, provided that the clinical presentation is consistent with chronic low back pain.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07745465