The Course of Low Back Pain

The Course of Low Back Pain: a Prospective Cohort Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04419675

Enrollment

347

Registered

2020-06-05

Start date

2020-06-01

Completion date

2022-06-01

Last updated

2023-03-13

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Conditions

Lifestyle (Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity), Low Back Pain, Start Back Screening Tool, Type of Leg Pain (Radicular, Non-radicular)

Brief summary

This study aims to research the possible associations of education level, sedentary lifestyle, and type of low back pain (radicular vs non-radicular) with the course of low back pain and recovery rate.

Interventions

OTHERObservational Cohort, usual care = physical therapy

usual care = physical therapy

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Low back pain * Age 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional Limitations	Measurement at baseline	Measured with Patient Specific Scale (0=no limitation, 100=impossible to perform) and Oswestry Disability Index (0=no limitation, 100=very limited)
Recovery rate	26 weeks after inclusion	Global Perceived Effect (7-point Likert-scale where 0=much worse, 7=completely recovered)
Pain with Numeric Pain Rating Scale	measurement at baseline	Numeric Pain Rating Scale (0= no pain, 10= maximum pain)

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026