Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Low back pain, Motor control, Joint mobilization
Brief summary
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the effects of motor control exercises and standard exercises in the pain, incapacity and medicine intake of subjects with unspecific low-back pain.
Detailed description
Eighty-four subjects with unspecific low-back pain were randomly recruited for the present study. The subjects were randomly allocated into control group (who received one hour of standard physiotherapy exercises every days during ten days) or intervention group (who received one hour of control motor exercises every days during ten days). One month after finishing these ten days, patients should perform a home-based exercises program during two months (control group performed home-based standard physiotherapy exercises; intervention group performed home-based motor control exercises). Pain (visual analogic scale), incapacity index (Roland Morris questionnaire) and medicine intake (diary) were evaluated before the intervention, one month and three months after ending the first ten days of intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMotor control exercises
exercises to strength the lumbar musculature and control the posture
BEHAVIORALStandard exercises
general exercises
Sponsors
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* subjects should be independent to walk * subjects should have unspecific low back pain during at least the last two months * subjects should have had at least two recidives of low back pain within the last year
Exclusion criteria
* subjects with concomitant pathologies that impede the performance of exercises * pregnants * subjects with oncologic pathologies * subjects with cognitive alterations that impede the understanding of the tests
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in pain level from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a visual analogic scale. | The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention | Visual analogic scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in incapacity index from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with the Roland Morris questionnaire. | The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention | Roland Morris questionnaire |
| Change in medication intake from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a diary that subjects should complete. | The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention | diary |
Outcome results
None listed