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Low Back PainNCT04685837

New Technologies in the Management of Lumbopelvic Pain

A study testing therapeutic exercise in people with Low Back Pain and Rehabilitation, run by Alexander Achalandabaso at 1 site in Spain.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Lumbopelvic pain represents one of the leading causes of disability and pain in the world population. It is estimated that 84% of the world's population will suffer from lumbar pelvic pain in their lifetime. This high prevalence causes it to be classified as a public health problem. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Low Back Pain, Rehabilitation, Exercise
What is being tested?
therapeutic exercise
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
70 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
21 Dec 2020to 15 Jun 2021
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age between 18-65 years.
  • Non-specific low back pain less than 12 weeks of evolution.
  • Knowledge of new information and communication technologies.
  • Internet access.

Who cannot join

  • Inflammatory pathologies of the locomotor system.
  • Infectious processes.
  • Oncological processes.
  • Neurodegenerative diseases.
  • Pain with neuropathic characteristics.
  • Fractures.
  • Lack of fluency in Spanish.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Spain1 site
  • Centro de Fisioterapia Villatoro-Luque

    Alcalá de Henares

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Official title: Tele-rehabilitation Versus Face-to-face in the Approach to Non-specific Subacute Low Back Pain

Lumbopelvic pain represents one of the leading causes of disability and pain in the world population. It is estimated that 84% of the world's population will suffer from lumbar pelvic pain in their lifetime. This high prevalence causes it to be classified as a public health problem.

Traditional primary care measures have failed to reduce the prevalence, recurrences and costs of this pathology. In the search for treatments focused on reducing public spending, the concept of tele-rehabilitation appears. It is a tool, via telematics, that provides knowledge on rehabilitation and education in neurobiology of pain, demonstrated in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. It has been suggested that the use of this instrument could help improve the patient's quality of life at the biopsychosocial level.

Being tested
therapeutic exercise
Medical subject headings
Low Back Pain, Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • therapeutic exerciseOther

    As soon as the study investigators have obtained a significant sample of patients with non-specific sub-acute low back pain, the intervention will begin.

    The principal investigator will perform an individual assessment of the patients. At the end of the assessment, he will randomly distribute them into two groups. Tele-rehabilitation group and face-to-face group.

    On the one hand, the main researcher will explain the application works to the tele-rehabilitation group. For 8 weeks, they have to perform 2 therapy exercise training sessions following the instructions on the application.

    On the other hand, the researcher will explain the protocol to be followed by the group face to face. In addition, he will provide a schedule to follow a correct development of the protocol. Like the tele-rehabilitation group, they will carry out 16 sessions over 8 weeks.

    At the end of the protocol, the principal investigator will perform an individualized assessment of each of the study participants.

Study groups in NCT04685837
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Tele-rehabilitation groupExperimentalThe participants randomly assigned to the tele-rehabilitation group will use a computer application to know and execute the exercise protocol. Before starting the protocol, each participant will be assessed by the principal investigator. He will explain how the application works. They will perform 2 sessions of therapeutic exercise for 8 weeks. At the end of the protocol, they will be re-evaluated by the principal investigator.
Receives: Other: therapeutic exercise
Face to face groupExperimentalParticipants randomly assigned to the face-to-face group will use the physical therapy clinic to do the exercises controlled by the principal investigator. Before starting the protocol, each participant will be assessed by the principal investigator. He will explain how the protocol works. They will perform 2 sessions of therapeutic exercise for 8 weeks. At the end of the protocol, they will be re-evaluated by the principal investigator.
Receives: Other: therapeutic exercise

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in Quality of Life

    Using the SF-12 Questionnaire

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Change in Pain perception

    Using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) from 0 to 10

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

  2. Change in Disability

    Using the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

  3. Change in Physical Activity

    Using the Baecke Physical Activity Questionnaire

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

  4. Change in Kinesiophobia

    Using the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TSK-11) form 11 to 44

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

  5. Change in Sleep Quality

    Using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

  6. Change in Catastrophism

    Using the Pain catastrophizing scale from 0 to 56

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.

  7. Change in Lumbar motor control

    Using the Rocking backward test.

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint).

  8. Change in Lumbar motor control

    Using the knee extended test.

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint).

  9. Change in Intramuscular contraction capacity erector muscles

    Using the Double straight-leg raise test.

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint).

  10. Change in Intramuscular contraction capacity erector muscles

    Using the Ito test.

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint).

  11. Change in Intramuscular contraction capacity hip flexor muscles

    Using the Hip flexion test supine position and sitting position

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint).

  12. Change in Intramuscular contraction capacity extensor flexor muscles

    Using the Hip extension test prone position

    Measured: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint).

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Dec 2020
  2. Study start21 Dec 2020
  3. Primary completion15 Apr 2021
  4. Study completion15 Jun 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
70 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04685837
Sponsor's protocol ID
CEID/HU/2020/48
Status last verified
Jul 2021
First submitted
17 Dec 2020
Last updated
21 Jul 2021
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Waddell G, Burton AK. Concepts of rehabilitation for the management of low back pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2005 Aug;19(4):655-70. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2005.03.008.

    PubMed 15949782
  • Macedo LG, Maher CG, Hancock MJ, Kamper SJ, McAuley JH, Stanton TR, Stafford R, Hodges PW. Predicting response to motor control exercises and graded activity for patients with low back pain: preplanned secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Phys Ther. 2014 Nov;94(11):1543-54. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20140014. Epub 2014 Jul 10.

    PubMed 25013000
  • Hayden JA, van Tulder MW, Malmivaara A, Koes BW. Exercise therapy for treatment of non-specific low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jul 20;2005(3):CD000335. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000335.pub2.

    PubMed 16034851
  • Truter P, Russell T, Fary R. The validity of physical therapy assessment of low back pain via telerehabilitation in a clinical setting. Telemed J E Health. 2014 Feb;20(2):161-7. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0088. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

    PubMed 24283249
  • Dario AB, Moreti Cabral A, Almeida L, Ferreira ML, Refshauge K, Simic M, Pappas E, Ferreira PH. Effectiveness of telehealth-based interventions in the management of non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Spine J. 2017 Sep;17(9):1342-1351. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.04.008. Epub 2017 Apr 13.

    PubMed 28412562
  • Palacin-Marin F, Esteban-Moreno B, Olea N, Herrera-Viedma E, Arroyo-Morales M. Agreement between telerehabilitation and face-to-face clinical outcome assessments for low back pain in primary care. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 May 15;38(11):947-52. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318281a36c.

    PubMed 23238489
  • Mbada CE, Olaoye MI, Dada OO, Ayanniyi O, Johnson OE, Odole AC, Ishaya GP, Omole OJ, Makinde MO. Comparative Efficacy of Clinic-Based and Telerehabilitation Application of Mckenzie Therapy in Chronic Low-Back Pain. Int J Telerehabil. 2019 Jun 12;11(1):41-58. doi: 10.5195/ijt.2019.6260. eCollection 2019 Spring.

    PubMed 31341546
  • del Pozo-Cruz B, Gusi N, del Pozo-Cruz J, Adsuar JC, Hernandez-Mocholi M, Parraca JA. Clinical effects of a nine-month web-based intervention in subacute non-specific low back pain patients: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2013 Jan;27(1):28-39. doi: 10.1177/0269215512444632. Epub 2012 May 31.

    PubMed 22653374
  • Peterson S, Kuntz C, Roush J. Use of a modified treatment-based classification system for subgrouping patients with low back pain: Agreement between telerehabilitation and face-to-face assessments. Physiother Theory Pract. 2019 Nov;35(11):1078-1086. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1470210. Epub 2018 May 3.

    PubMed 29723124
  • Vilagut G, Valderas JM, Ferrer M, Garin O, Lopez-Garcia E, Alonso J. [Interpretation of SF-36 and SF-12 questionnaires in Spain: physical and mental components]. Med Clin (Barc). 2008 May 24;130(19):726-35. doi: 10.1157/13121076. Spanish.

    PubMed 18570798
  • Cuesta Vargas AI, Rodríguez Moya A. Frecuencia de uso de escalas de dolor, incapacidad fisica y calidad de vida en el estudio de lumbalgia con intervenciones fisioterápicas. Fisioterapia 2008; 30(4), 204-208.

  • Flórez García MT, García Pérez MA, García Pérez F, et al. Adaptación transcultural a la población española de la escala de incapacidad por dolor lumbar de Oswestry. Rehab (Madr). 1995; 29:138-45.

  • Gomez-Perez L, Lopez-Martinez AE, Ruiz-Parraga GT. Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK). J Pain. 2011 Apr;12(4):425-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.08.004.

    PubMed 20926355
  • Hita-Contreras F, Martinez-Lopez E, Latorre-Roman PA, Garrido F, Santos MA, Martinez-Amat A. Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in patients with fibromyalgia. Rheumatol Int. 2014 Jul;34(7):929-36. doi: 10.1007/s00296-014-2960-z. Epub 2014 Feb 8.

    PubMed 24509897

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing therapeutic exercise in people with Low Back Pain and Rehabilitation, run by Alexander Achalandabaso at 1 site in Spain.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in Quality of Life (time frame: Baseline, 2 months (primary timepoint), 3 months after intervention commencement.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04685837, which also lists 14 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Jul 2021.

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