Abdominal Belt Use to Treat Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT02062918

Last Updated: 2014-02-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-02-28

Brief Summary

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Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of an abdominal belt in the treatment of chronic mechanical-postural low back pain.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out, involving 60 consecutively selected patients with chronic low back pain randomly allocated to an intervention group (use of abdominal belt) and control group (non-use of abdominal belt). Patients were evaluated at the baseline of the study (T0) as well as 1 (T1), 3 (T3) and 6 months (T6) after the inclusion. The patients were assessed for: pain (VAS); functional capacity (Roland Morris), patient satisfaction (Likert scale); and number of anti-inflammatory pills ingested. Intention-to-treat analysis was also used.

Hypothesis - abdominal belt will improve pain in chronic low back pain patients

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic 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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Control group

Patients in the control group did not use an abdominal belt.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental group

Patients were instructed in how to use the abdominal belt for activities of physical effort that exacerbated lumbar pain as well as during moments of pain, and not to use it during rest. They should record the number of hours of belt use per day on spreadsheets distributed for this purpose.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abdominal belt

Intervention Type DEVICE

Interventions

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Abdominal belt

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients from both genders,
* between 18 and 65 years of age,
* who sought medical care for a complaint of lumbar pain,
* diagnosed with Chronic low back pain, with VAS for pain between 4 and 8 cm (0-10),
* who agreed to participate in the study and signed terms of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* diagnosis or under diagnostic investigation of low back pain from secondary causes (spondyloarthopathy, infection, neoplasm, complete sciatica),
* fibromyalgia,
* previous spinal surgery,
* litigation (patients on leave from work or in work leave processes due to low back pain);
* having changed physical activity in previous three months;
* body mass index (BMI) higher than 30;
* acupuncture treatment or physiotherapy in the previous three months
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jamil Natour

Head of Rheumatology Division

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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CEP?UNIFESP-1726/10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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