Status:
COMPLETED
Movement System Impairment Based Classification Versus General Exercise for Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
Collaborating Sponsors:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a treatment based on Movement System Impairment based classification (MSI) model in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.
Detailed Description
The subjects will be recruited from orthopedic outpatient clinics as well from the community. The examiner will screen the eligibility of each subject based on the eligibility criteria. All eligible s...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects of both genders between 18 and 65 years of age with chronic non-specific LBP (pain for more than 3 months) with a pain intensity of at least 3 points measured by a 0-10 points pain numerical rating scale
- Subjects must be able to stand and walk independently
- Subjects must be able to read in Portuguese
Exclusion
- Subjects with any contraindication to physical exercise according to the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine
- Subjects with severe depression (measured by depression, anxiety and stress scale - DASS)
- Subjects with serious spinal pathologies (fractures, tumors, and inflammatory pathologies such as ankylosing spondylitis), nerve root compromise (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis with neurological compromise, spinal stenosis, and others), serious cardiorespiratory diseases, previous back surgery or pregnancy.
- Subjects that cannot be classified into any of the five categories of the Movement System Impairment model upon initial assessment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
148 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02221609
Start Date
October 1 2014
End Date
June 1 2016
Last Update
August 25 2016
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Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 30535-901