Chronic Low-back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
low back pain, chronic low back pain, virtual reality
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare chronic low back patients. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * pain and disability * fear avoidance belief Participants will perform virtual reality exercises * virtual reality based exercises * Routine Physical Therapy To Compare routine physical therapy treatment in addition to virtual reality to see effects on pain, functional disability and fear avoidance belief
Interventions
Virtual reality exercises along with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, Heat Therapy and Stretching and strengthening exercises
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, Heat Therapy and Stretching and strengthening exercises
Sponsors
University of Lahore
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Low back pain that persists for more than 12 weeks * Non-radiating low back pain * Mechanical low back pain * Both Gender
Exclusion criteria
* trauma or fracture of the spine * any cardiac disease * any systematic disease * history of any neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, stroke and epilepsy * patient on corticosteroid or anticoagulants * history of any Drug abuse * any Congenital deformity * Virtual reality games phobia * Pregnant female
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Intensity | at baseline | The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity in individuals,including those with chronic pain. Minimum socre is 0 out of 10 and Maximum 10, out of 10. Zero Indicates no pain and 10 indicates severe maximum pain. |
| Functional disability | at baseline | Back pain functional scale (BPFS) is a standardized subjective assessment questionnaire that is used as Outcome tool to assess functional disability in acute and sub-acute low back pain.Minimum score is 0 out of 60 and 60 is maximum score. Zero score indicates unable to perform any functional activities and 60 indicates able to perfrom all functional activities. |
| Pain intensity | at 8th week | The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity in individuals,including those with chronic pain. Minimum socre is 0 out of 10 and Maximum 10, out of 10. Zero Indicates no pain and 10 indicates severe maximum pain. |
| Functional Disability | 4th week | Back pain functional scale (BPFS) is a standardized subjective assessment questionnaire that is used as Outcome tool to assess functional disability in acute and sub-acute low back pain.Minimum score is 0 out of 60 and 60 is maximum score. Zero score indicates unable to perform any functional activities and 60 indicates able to perfrom all functional activities. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fear avoidance belief | at baseline | Fear avoidance belief questionnaire FABQ) is a questionnaire based on the fear-avoidance model of exaggerated pain perception. The FABQ measures patient's fear of pain and consequent avoidance of physical activity (PA) because of their fear.There is a maximum score of 96. A higher score indicates more strongly held fear avoidance beliefs. There are two subscales within the FABQ; the work subscale (FABQw) with 7 questions (maximum score of 42) and the physical activity subscale (FABQpa) with 4 questions (maximum score of 24) |
| Range of motion | Change in range of motion score will be measured at baseline, at 8th week | Inclinometer (minimum range of motion zero and maximum 50). |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Primary ContactUmair Ahmed, PhD
Backup ContactHaider Ullah, MS
Outcome results
None listed