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The Forgotten Role of Back Muscle Characteristics to Tailor Exercise Therapy for Recurrent Non-specific Low Back Pain
Led by Hasselt University · Updated on 2024-02-28
100
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
206 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
H
Hasselt University
Lead Sponsor
K
KU Leuven
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Patients with non-specific low back pain will be compared to healthy, age- and sex-matched controls to determine the most discriminating back muscle characteristics and to delineate possible phenotypes of patients with non-specific low back pain showing impaired proprioceptive postural control. Additionally, the group of patients with non-specific low back pain will receive a 16-week, high-load proprioceptive training program. The effects of this training program on the different back muscle characteristics and proprioceptive postural control will be evaluated.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The Forgotten Role of Back Muscle Characteristics to Tailor Exercise Therapy for Recurrent Non-specific Low Back Pain
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients aged 18-60 years with non-specific low back pain without radicular leg pain
- Mechanical low back pain with episodes less than 4 and episodes greater than 6 on the numerical pain rating scale
- Non-specific low back pain lasting three months or more
- Score of 20% or more on the Modified Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire
- Informed consent to participate
- Healthy controls aged 18-60 years with no history of low back pain needing medical treatment or limiting activity
- No low back pain in the previous six months
- Informed consent to participate
You will not qualify if you...
- Pregnancy
- Previous trauma or surgery to the spine, pelvis, or lower limbs
- Structural spinal deformity such as scoliosis
- Neurological, neuromuscular, respiratory, or systemic disease
- Central sensitization with a score of 50/100 or more on the Central Sensitization Inventory
- Specific vestibular or balance problems
- Acute lower limb or neck problems
- Body mass index of 30 kg/m² or more
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Hasselt University
Diepenbeek, Belgium, 3500
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2
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium, 3001
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Research Team
L
Lotte Janssens, PhD
CONTACT
S
Simon Brumagne, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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