back complaints low backpain
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Saxion, University of Applied Sciences
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients * Between 18 and 65 years old * Acute ( 12 weeks) * Score > 30% points at the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) * Signed the informed consent form;Healthy subjects * Between 18 and 65 years old * Signed the informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients * Presence of red flags* and lumbarsacral radicular syndrom * Previous backsurgery * Pregnancy or 30;Healthy subjects * non-specific lower back pain * Presence of red flags* and lumbarsacral radicular syndrom * Pregnancy or 30;*Red flags are: Cancer Unexplained weight loss Immunosuppression Prolonged use of steroids Intravenous drug use Urinary tract infection Pain that is increased or unrelieved by rest Fever Significant trauma related to age (e.g., fall from a height or motor vehicle accident in a young patient, minor fall or heavy lifting in a potentially osteoporotic or older patient or a person with possible osteoporosis) Bladder or bowel incontinence Urinary retention (with overflow incontinence) Physical examination Saddle anesthesia Loss of anal sphincter tone Major motor weakness in lower extremities Fever Vertebral tenderness Limited spinal range of motion Neurologic findings persisting beyond one month
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary study parameter are the amount of EMG, with parameters relative rEMG, amplitude (mV), frequency amount(Fmed) in Hz. Range of motion of the trunk by using 3D kinematics and cross-sections and fatty degeneration of the multifidus by using ultrasound. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Questionnaires and personal characteristics. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed