None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Our study purpose is to compare the improvement of movement control ability and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain after functional motor control exercise training. Our hypothesis is that patients in the functional motor control exercise group will demonstrate better improvement of movement control ability and clinical outcomes than those in the general exercise group.
Interventions
Functional motor control exercise including core muscle strengthening, spine segmental control, trunk and extremity dissociated movement control retraining will be administered by a physiotherapist. Participants in this group will receive 16 one-to-one sessions (45 minutes/session), twice a week for 8 weeks.
The exercise programs will be tailored to individual patient. Outcome will be assessed upon completion of the 8-week program and at 6-week follow-up after the treatment.
Sponsors
National Yang-Ming University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Aged 20-65 patients with chronic low back pain (more than 3 months) 2. Pain intensity (numeric rating scale) > 4/10 3. No lower extremity symptoms
Exclusion criteria
1. Tumor 2. Spinal/lower extremity surgery 3. Osteoporosis 4. Hip/knee osteoarthritis 5. Pregnancy 6. Experiencing any of the spinal inflammatory diseases (such as ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis)
Outcome results
None listed