Status:
COMPLETED
Patient Education and Motor Control Exercise Among Rural Community-dwelling Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
Conditions:
Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally with increasing concern about its impact in low- and middle-income countries like those situated in Africa where most p...
Detailed Description
Participants will be recruited and assigned to one of three intervention groups that include PE plus MCE group, MCE group, or PE group using a block random technique based on an electronic randomizati...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female between 16 and 70 years old.
- Primary complaint of LBP with or without leg pain experienced at least over the previous 3 months duration.
- Mean LBP intensity at least ≥ 3 on numerical rating scale during the past week.
- Ability to read/understand English or Hausa language.
Exclusion
- Previous history of thoracic spine or lumbosacral spine surgery.
- Any neurological findings indicating radiculopathy.
- Evidence of serious spine pathology (e.g. tumor, infection, fracture, spinal stenosis, inflammatory disease).
- Unstable or severe disabling chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
- History of serious psychological or psychiatric illness.
- Current pregnancy.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 3 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 6 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03393104
Start Date
March 3 2018
End Date
January 6 2020
Last Update
August 20 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Tsakuwa Primary Healthcare Center
Kano, Nigeria, 700