Multiplanar Lumbopelvic Control in Patients With Low Back Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02089321

Enrollment

Registered

2014-03-17

Start date

2011-11-30

Completion date

2012-08-31

Last updated

2014-03-17

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Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

low back pain, lumbopelvic assessment, active straight leg raise, active hip abduction

Brief summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether combined assessment of lumbopelvic control during sagittal and frontal plane motion (using two common clinical observational assessments) discriminates between people with and without LBP than single plane assessment alone. It was hypothesized that the two tests used in combination (multiplanar) would perform better than each test used independently (single planar) in accurately discriminating patient cases from healthy controls.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with LBP Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-70 years old * Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instruction in English * Seeking treatment from a physical therapist for LBP (pain below T12-L1 vertebral segment), prior to initial evaluation (no treatment provided) Matched Controls: Control subjects will be matched for age, gender, and BMI category to patients with LBP. Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instruction in English * No history of LBP during the past 5 years requiring: * \> 3 day absence from work/school/recreation * Clinical Care (MD, DC, DPT, MT) for LBP

Exclusion criteria

Patients with LBP * Pregnancy within past 12 months * Previous spine or hip surgery * Serious spinal or systemic pathology * Inability to transfer from standing to supine to sidelying to prone * Inability to stand \> 20 minutes Matched Controls

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Performance on Active Hip Abduction Test	Assessed on data collection day	Examiner scores movement pattern (ability to retain lumbopelvic neutral) during performance of active hip abduction in sidelying using an ordinal scale (0-3) with 0-1 considered a negative test and 2-3 considered a positive test.
Performance on Active Straight Leg Raise Test	Assessed on data collection day	Participant self-rates degree of difficulty (0-5) to perform active straight leg raise in supine with any non-zero score considered a positive test result.

Countries

United States

Outcome results