Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators' main focus of this trial will be to investigate * why people with low back pain perceive lifting (with a bent back) as harmful. * whether general measures of pain-related fear are associated with task-specific measures of perceived harmfulness * why people with low back pain avoid lifting (with a bent back) This will be investigated using self-report (i.e., questionnaires)
Interventions
OTHERCross-sectional self-report (questionnaires)
participants in this group will be ask to complete questionnaires on one occasion (i.e., cross-sectional investigation). The questionnaires will consist of a self-developed questionnaire and standard questionnaires. The main aspects of the self-developed questionnaires are * perceived harmfulness of activities (selection of PHODA-SeV) * cognitions about lifting and pain * reasons for avoidance behaviour (lifting) Standardised questionnaires include * NRS for pain * TSK-11 * FABQ * RMDQ
Sponsors
Hasselt University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* low back pain \>3 months
Exclusion criteria
* healthy persons * low back pain \<3 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cognitions about perceived harmfulness and avoidance of lifting | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | cognitions about perceived harmfulness and avoidance of lifting using self-developed questionnaires. Questions will be scored on a 1-5 Likert scale (1= completely disagree, 5= completely agree) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Disability | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (score range= 0-24, higher score= higher level of disbility) |
| Task-specific self-efficacy | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | For different tasks, participants will be asked to rate the task-specific self-efficacy on a 0-10 Visual analogue scale (higher scores= higher levels of self-efficacy) |
| Task-specific disability | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | For different tasks, participants will be asked to rate their perceived disability on a 0-10 Visual analogue scale (higher scores= higher levels of disability) |
| Pain intensity | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | Numeric rating scale (0-10, higher score= higher level of pain) |
| Pain-related fear | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia 11-item version questionaire (range= 11-44. Higher score = higher levels of pain-related fear) |
| perceived harmfulness of specific tasks | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | perceived harmfulness of specific tasks measured with a selection of pictures of the Photographs of Daily Activities - Short Electronic version. Each picture will be scored on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived harmfulness |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Physical job requirements | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | Questionnaire (derived from de Dutch Musculoskeletal Questionnaire) asking about physical job requirements |
| Age | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | years |
| Sex | Day 1 (cross-sectional study) | Male, female, other |
Countries
Belgium
Contacts
Primary ContactThomas Matheve, PhD
Outcome results
None listed