Low Back Pain
Conditions
Interventions
This is a feasibility study of a three-arm, non-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial
Experimental group 1: 13 individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain from low-income regions will receive an exercise and pain education program via telerehabilitation
Experimental group 2: 13 individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain from low-income regions will receive an in-person exercise and pain education program
Control group: 13 individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain from low-income regions will be on the waiting list
Pain education and exercise program: the pain education component will be based on the E-pain intervention developed by Reis et al, which has already been successfully implemented in a previous study,
The exercise program was created by professional physiotherapists with at least five years of clinical experience, specialists in the treatment of chronic pain, and who used exercise-based treatment
The exercise component includes general exercises to improve strength, flexibility, control, and coordination, Supplemental material 6 shows the exercises per week, volume, and guidelines
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal dos Vales de Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients over the age of 18 who have had nonspecific low back pain for at least 3 months; able to read and understand Portuguese; have access to the internet
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Suspected or confirmed severe spinal pathology; fracture; metastatic diseases; inflammatory or infectious diseases of the spine; generalized neurological disorder; previous history of spine surgery in the last 12 months; pregnancy; and contraindications to exercise
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assess the difference in pain intensity using the Numerical Pain Assessment Scale, 0 no pain to 10 the worst possible pain | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assess the difference in disability in the 3 groups using the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Patient Specific Functional Scale;Evaluate the eligibility rate which will be calculated as the percentage of participants who met all inclusion criteria among those who passed the eligibility screening;Assess the difference between costs and health-related quality of life in the 3 groups which will be measured based on participants' reported use of resources using a self-recording monthly diary;Assess the existence of adverse effects, which will be measured by the number of adverse effects during the study period;Assess the global impression of recovery that will be measured with the Perceived Global Effect, an 11 point Likert type scale ranging from minus 5 to plus 5;Assess the adherence, which will be measured with the Exercise Adherence Assessment Scale | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactVinicius de Oliveira
Universidade Federal dos Vales de Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Outcome results
None listed