bewegingsapparaat low back pain spinal pain
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will randomly participate in six different visual feedback
conditions (four experimental conditions and two control conditions). Real-time
visual feedback of the lower back and left han
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Chronic non-specific LBP, which is defined as having back pain as the main symptom for a minimum of three months. - Acute non-specific LBP, which is defined as having back pain as the main symptom within 6 weeks of the onset. - Participants need to be able to read and speak the Dutch language properly.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Younger than 18 years old. - Severe leg pain (NRS >7). - Evidence of specific spinal pathology such as hernia, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis or spondylolysis, infection, spinal fracture or malignancy. - Patients with spinal cancer or spinal cancer survivors (i.e. a history of cancer). - Patients with a severe chronic disease such as a rheumatologically, cardiovascular, neurological or psychiatric disorder. - Participants who are pregnant and until one year after giving birth. - Participants with severe vision impairments. - Participants suffering from epileptic insults. - Participants who had a back surgery in the past 12 months. - Any former experience with mirror visual feedback as a treatment. - Sensory disturbances or pain in the left hand, since the left hand is used in the control condition.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| After each condition, participants will be asked two questions to assess the perceived sensory disturbances: *How did it feel?* and *Where you aware of any changes in your body?*. Perceived pain and/or sensory disturbances measured will be measured with a Visual Analogue Scale. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PPTs of the lower back and dorsal part of the foot will be measured with a digital Fisher algometer. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed