chronic back pain M54
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Semi-structured, guided interviews will be conducted among the cohort with geriatric chronic back pain patients. Evaluation by means of qualitative content analysis.
Sponsors
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Geriatric patients with chronic back pain longer than 6 months • = 65 years • No cognitive impairments • Independent mobility • Able to perform exercises actively • No spinal malignancies, spondylitis and spondylozdiscitis, fibromyalgia • No disc surgery in medical history • No strong vestibular restrictions that affect balance ability
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with chronic back pain shorter than 6 months • <65 years • cognitive impairments • immobility or mobility only possible with help • Sensory and / or motor failures • Unable to do exercises actively • spinal malignancies, spondylitis and spondylozdiscitis, fibromyalgia • Disc surgery in medical history • strong vestibular constraints that affect balance ability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Collecting requirements for a virtual reality pain therapy system for a multimodal pain therapy of elderly people with chronic back pain using qualitative content analysis. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - What are possible individual factors influencing the pain? - Where are the most common problems with back pain exercises? | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactRebecca Dahms
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie
Outcome results
None listed