Status:
UNKNOWN
Advice of Staying Active for Sub Acute Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The variabilities in the management approaches for patients with LBP reflect uncertainty about the optimal approach. Therefore, there is a need for the implementation of early treatment strategies rel...
Detailed Description
In spite of the great effort, LBP remains a significant burden on the society and can cause a disturbing impact on the functional ability during the productive years of the individuals. It is importan...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients will be included if they are between 18 - 65 years of age
- able to stand and walk without assistance.
- Patients will also be included if they have a history of non specific low back pain classified as low risk of poor outcome with a total score of three or less based on the STarT Back Tool score (Hill et al., 2008).
- The back-pain episode is subacute
Exclusion
- Patients will be excluded if they have any neurological disease or balance deficits due to vestibular disorders, such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency and visual disorders,
- systemic infection,
- current pregnancy,
- severe musculoskeletal deformity (scoliosis or kyphosis),
- injury to the lower extremity that would interfere with testing or a history of any surgery in the three months prior to testing.
- Patients will also be excluded if they have pain below the knee consistent with a disc herniation, presence of neurological signs, serious spinal complications (e.g., vertebral fracture, tumor or infection),
- spinal stenosis,
- confounding conditions such as extreme obesity, severe scoliosis, significant anatomical leg length inequality, previous spinal surgery.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04320654
Start Date
April 1 2020
End Date
January 1 2022
Last Update
March 26 2020
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