Status:
COMPLETED
ED Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Emergency department (ED)-initiated physical therapy is a rapidly growing resource and represents a promising treatment approach to low back pain. This clinical trial will evaluate an innovative model...
Detailed Description
This trial is ancillary to an ongoing single-center physician-randomized trial of an embedded physical therapy intervention versus usual care in ED patients with acute low back pain (NEED-PT, NCT04921...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Low back pain (originating between 12th rib and buttocks)
- Evaluated by a physician randomized to either study arm
- Evaluated when ED physical therapy is available (e.g., Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm)
- Likely to be discharged home (based on physician assessment)
- Ability to complete follow-up data collection electronically or by telephone
- English-speaking
Exclusion
- Enrollment in the main trial (NEED-PT, NCT04921449)
- Serious red-flag signs/symptoms (bladder/bowel incontinence, saddle anesthesia, debilitating motor weakness)
- Obvious non-musculoskeletal etiology for low back pain (e.g., shingles, kidney stone)
- Other concomitant injuries or pain (e.g., closed head injury, shoulder pain)
- Unable to ambulate at baseline
- Known pregnancy, under police custody, unable to consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 11 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 25 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
128 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05206630
Start Date
January 11 2022
End Date
July 25 2025
Last Update
October 14 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611