Effectiveness of Lifestyle Counseling Versus Physical Therapy on Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT01631344

Last Updated: 2019-01-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

220 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2019-01-08

Brief Summary

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Background:

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability, affecting the quality of life and work productivity.

It is the most common reason for seek medical help and advice. Low back pain creates huge economical burden worldwide. To date, most ( 90%) of low back pain cases are not clinically defined with no preferred medical treatment

1. Study objectives:

To prove that consulting using the "Stage of change" model for daily physical activity will lead to long term improvement of pain, disability and well-being parameters of those suffering from chronic low back pain, people age 25-55, when compared to conventional Physical Therapy.
2. Study hypotheses:

The intervention groups vs. Physical Therapy group will demonstrate that the following parameters will improve after: 3 months, one, two and five years.
1. Pain reduction.
2. Less disability - improvement in daily activities.
3. Better feeling of health and well-being.
4. Increased and better compliance to daily sport activities.
5. BMI reduction.
6. Reduction of cigarette smoking.
7. Reduction of usage of anti-analgesics and anti-inflammatory medications.
8. Reduction in number of visits to Physical Therapy clinics due to low back pain.
3. Methods:

The present Randomized intervention study that will include 220 healthy individuals, males and females aged 25-55 years old suffering from chronic or recurrent low back pain, with or without radiation to the legs that were referred to Maccabi Healthcare Services Physical Therapy clinics in the Sharon district in Israel.

These individuals will be randomized to one of the following two groups:

1. Conventional Physical Therapy.
2. Physical Therapy focused on healthy lifestyle using the "Stage of Change" model.

Non-dependent observer will follow-up on the outcome parameters via phone calls and filling the questionnaire's with the relevant study participants following 3 months, 1 year, 2 and 5 years.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Physical Therapy

Conventional Physical Therapy

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Daily physical activity consultation, Using Stage of change

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Daily physical activity consultation, Using the "Stage of change" model

Intervention Type OTHER

Consultation of daily physical activity is provided, including selection of up to four pain relief exercises

Interventions

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Daily physical activity consultation, Using the "Stage of change" model

Consultation of daily physical activity is provided, including selection of up to four pain relief exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men and women
* Age 25-55 years old
* Chronic / recurrent low back pain (over 3 months)
* With or without radiation

Exclusion Criteria

* Rheumatoid disease
* Tumors
* Fibromyalgia
* Back surgery
* Road / work accidents
* Non Hebrew speaking
* Pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assuta Hospital Systems

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Yair Shapiro, MD.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel

Locations

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Maccabi Healthcare Services Clinics

Tel Aviv, , Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

References

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Canaway A, Pincus T, Underwood M, Shapiro Y, Chodick G, Ben-Ami N. Is an enhanced behaviour change intervention cost-effective compared with physiotherapy for patients with chronic low back pain? Results from a multicentre trial in Israel. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 10;8(4):e019928. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019928.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29643158 (View on PubMed)

Ben-Ami N, Shapiro Y, Pincus T. Outcomes in Distressed Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Subgroup Analysis of a Clinical Trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Jun;48(6):491-495. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.7670. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29587572 (View on PubMed)

Ben-Ami N, Chodick G, Mirovsky Y, Pincus T, Shapiro Y. Increasing Recreational Physical Activity in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Controlled Clinical Trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2017 Feb;47(2):57-66. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2017.7057.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28142364 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2008036

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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