Status:

UNKNOWN

Functional Exercises for Chronic Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Federal University of São Paulo

Conditions:

Chronic Low Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Non-specific low back pain is a common condition. Exercise is effective treatment for chronic low back pain. We hypothesized the functional exercise group will present pain reduction and functional im...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Aged between 18 and 50 years
  • Low back pain for more than 3 months
  • Low back pain with numeric pain scale between 3 - 8 cm
  • Understand Portuguese well enough to be able to fill in the questionnaires

Exclusion

  • Inflammatory/rheumatological diseases, tumor, infection or vertebral fracture;
  • Main pain as leg pain (eg: nerve root compression or herniated disc with radicular pain / radiculopathy, lateral and central stenosis)
  • Less than 6 months after lumbar spine, lower limb or abdomen surgery
  • Previous spinal surgery;
  • Previous spinal infiltration for pain relief in the last 3 months;
  • Several scoliosis;
  • Litigation;
  • Pregnancy;
  • Fibromyalgia;
  • People who had changed physical activity or undergone physical therapy in the previous 3 months;
  • Presence of any contraindication to exercise;
  • Planned travel in the next 12 weeks;
  • Geographic inaccessibility.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 10 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 10 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

84 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03376724

Start Date

November 10 2017

End Date

November 10 2018

Last Update

December 26 2017

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Emilia Moreira

São Paulo, Brazil