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Does the Therapist's Assessment of Movement Control in Low Back Pain Patients Correspond to an Objective Kinematic Modification

Does the Therapist's Assessment of Movement Control in Low Back Pain Patients Correspond to an Objective Kinematic Modification

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05511012
Acronym
LOBACOM
Enrollment
50
Registered
2022-08-22
Start date
2022-12-15
Completion date
2026-12-15
Last updated
2026-06-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Low-back Pain

Keywords

Low back pain, Movement control, Kinematic analysis, Clinical assessment

Brief summary

* Exercise-based treatment is part of the recommendations for good practice in the treatment of low back pain (acute, sub-acute and chronic). * The low back pain population is heterogeneous. This heterogeneity would cause the positive effects of a treatment to be canceled out by the negative effects of another part of the population. * This polymorphism has led several authors to classify low back pain into subgroups. These subgroups constitute more homogeneous clinical pictures and would facilitate the adaptation of treatments. * The recommendations of the American Physical Therapy Association suggest 5 subgroups of low back pain. One of them is "low back pain with movement coordination defect". In this subgroup, Luomajoki studied the reliability of different functional tests used in clinical practice. 6 out of 10 motion control fault tests show good reliability. * The quantified analysis of the movement of low back pain patients would make it possible to determine the sensitivity of detecting an anomaly in the 6 lumbar movement control tests.

Detailed description

* Exercise-based treatment is part of the recommendations for good practice in the treatment of low back pain (acute, sub-acute and chronic). * The low back pain population is heterogeneous. This heterogeneity would cause the positive effects of a treatment to be canceled out by the negative effects of another part of the population. * This polymorphism has led several authors to classify low back pain into subgroups. These subgroups constitute more homogeneous clinical pictures and would facilitate the adaptation of treatments. * The recommendations of the American Physical Therapy Association suggest 5 subgroups of low back pain. One of them is "low back pain with movement control impairment". In this subgroup, Luomajoki studied the reliability of different functional tests used in clinical practice. 6 out of 10 motion control fault tests show good reliability. * The quantified analysis of the movement of low back pain patients would make it possible to determine the sensitivity of detecting an anomaly in the 6 lumbar movement control tests. LoBaCoM is a monocentric, exploratory prospective study. The purpose is to define a kinematic (angular) threshold corresponding to an anomaly detected clinically by three therapists for each test.

Interventions

OTHERmotion control fault tests

Patients make 6 motion control fault tests, in the same order. Each test is performed three times

Sponsors

University Hospital, Brest
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

It is a prospective, monocentric, exploratory study

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Aged more than 18 years * Common low back pain with medical prescription for rehabilitation * Signed consent * Be affiliated to a social security scheme * Be able to perform the lumbar motion control failure tests

Exclusion criteria

* Body Mass Index greater than 30 (obesity) * Person who does not understand French * Pregnant woman * Refusal to participate * Volunteer under guardianship or curatorship

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Range of compensation motion : "waiters bow" testDay 0Lumbar flexion measured for test number 1 "waiters bow". Patients are filmed during the test. Videos are watched by three physiotherapists. They going to establish a diagnostic normal or abnormal
Range of compensation motion : "pelvic tilt" testDay 0thoracic flexion measured for test number 2 "pelvic tilt". Patients are filmed during the test. Videos are watched by three physiotherapists. They going to establish a diagnostic normal or abnormal.
Range of compensation motion : "One leg stance" testDay 0Pelvic shift measured for test number 3 "One leg stance ". Patients are filmed during the test. Videos are watched by three physiotherapists. They going to establish a diagnostic normal or abnormal.
Range of compensation motion : "sitting knee extension" testDay 0Lumbar flexion measured for test number 4 "sitting knee extension". Patients are filmed during the test. Videos are watched by three physiotherapists. They going to establish a diagnostic normal or abnormal.
Range of compensation motion : "rocking 4 point kneeling" testDay 0Lumbar flexion and extension measured for test number 5 "rocking 4 point kneeling ". Patients are filmed during the test. Videos are watched by three physiotherapists. They going to establish a diagnostic normal or abnormal.
Range of compensation motion : "prone knee bend" testDay 0Lumbar extension measured for test number 6 "prone knee bend". Patients are filmed during the test. Videos are watched by three physiotherapists. They going to establish a diagnostic normal or abnormal

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Speed of execution for test 1Day 0It is measured with a camera. The camera can film one hundred pictures per second. Speed of execution is measured in seconds.
Speed of execution for test 2Day 0It is measured with a camera. The camera can film one hundred pictures per second. Speed of execution is measured in seconds.
Speed of execution for test 3Day 0It is measured with a camera. The camera can film one hundred pictures per second. Speed of execution is measured in seconds.
Speed of execution for test 4Day 0It is measured with a camera. The camera can film one hundred pictures per second. Speed of execution is measured in seconds.
Speed of execution for test 5Day 0It is measured with a camera. The camera can film one hundred pictures per second. Speed of execution is measured in seconds.
Speed of execution for test 6Day 0It is measured with a camera. The camera can film one hundred pictures per second. Speed of execution is measured in seconds.

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTVincent CREAC'H
vincent.creach@univ-brest.fr+33(0)298017935

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 12, 2026