Non-specific Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Two groups with non-specific low back pain will be completing the same exercise protocol. The leaderboard group will have a gamified experience and the take-home packet group will be using a paper take-home packet. Outcomes will be measured at 3 weeks, 6 weeks, with pain and disability also being measured at 12 and 18 months.
Detailed description
There will be two groups in this study, the leaderboard group, and the take-home packet group. The leaderboard group and the take-home packet group will be completing the same exercise program throughout the 6-weeks. The exercises included the plank, side plank (left and right side), foot elevated (left and right side), dead bug and bird dog exercise until discontinuation. The exercises will increase with repetitions every two weeks and that outline is listed below in procedures involved. The leaderboard group will have on demand video access to the exercises and the take-home packet group will have a take-home packet. The leaderboard group will also be receiving weekly leaderboards of average and top exercise durations of the leaderboard group participants. The audio description of exercise in the on-demand video group is the same script as the written description in the take-home packet.
Interventions
OTHERLeaderboard
De-identified leaderboard showing average durations of exercises completed by all participants in leaderboard group.
OTHERTake-home packet
Take-home packet of exercises.
Sponsors
University of Central Florida
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Participants will be randomized into the two separate groups using a random number generator and allocation will be concealed in opaque envelopes prior to data collection.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Must be 18-45 years old * Biological sex of Male or Female * Self-reported low back pain within the previous 6 months or greater than 3 episodes within the past 3 years
Exclusion criteria
* Must not be currently seeing and or receiving care from an athletic trainer, physical therapist, or other rehabilitation specialist in the previous 6 months * Must not have low back pain conditions such as lumbar spondylosis, herniated disc, spondylolisthesis, previous spine surgery, currently pregnant, experiencing neurological symptoms or other muscular abnormalities * Unable to assume the exercise starting position * Current use of lidocaine patches or prescription pain medicine
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adherence | Change from baseline to 3 weeks | Assessed by the exercise adherence rating scale |
| Change in pain | Change from baseline to 3 weeks | Assessed by the numeric pain rating scale |
| Change in Disability | Change from baseline to 3 weeks | Assessed with the Oswestry Disability Index |
| Change in Muscle thickness of the lateral abdominal wall | Change from baseline to 6 weeks | Assessed with ultrasound during static positions and exercise starting positions |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed