Effectiveness of a Home Rehabilitation Program vs an e-Health Program in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT03469024

Last Updated: 2023-09-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-05-01

Study Completion Date

2021-04-15

Brief Summary

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The main objetive of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a home rehabilitaton program vs a e-Health program. Therapeutic approach will be by electroanalgesia and exercise of patients with chronic low back pain.

Detailed Description

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A double blind clinical trial will be developed in a sample of 80 subjects with chronic low back pain. Patients will receive 3 weekly sessions of electroanalgesia and an exercise program for 8 weeks, for a total of 24 sessions. The aim is to analyze the effectiveness of a home rehabilitation program vs a web platform program on disability, pain, fear of movement, quality of life, resistance of the trunk flexors, lumbar mobility in flexion and muscular electrical activity.

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

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Home rehabilitation program

It consists in a home rehabilitation program. Patients will recieve electroanalgesia with TENS and an exercise program following the McKenzie method. At first and second sessions, patients will be instructed on how to use electroanalgesia and how to perform the exercises. Then, patients will perform the therapy at home. Patients will perform the treatment 3 times per week, for 4 weeks, with a total of 24 sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Home Rehabilitation Program

Intervention Type OTHER

It consists in a home rehabilitation program performing electroanalgesia and an exercise program following the Mckenzie method. Patients will be instructed in the use of the TENS device using 5x9cm electrodes at the bilateral paravertebral level, the patients that present radicular pain, the electrodes will be placed in the path of the affected nerve. The realization of exercises will be through the application of an Mckezie protocol. The duration will be the same as that used to carry out the Mckenzie protocol. Mckenzie exercises are designed to make changes in the internal components periarticular of the spine.

e-Health program

It consists in a support system for the treatment of chronic low back pain based on web technologies. The system can register a subject and provide a treatment of electroanalgesia and exercise through the Mckenzie method. Video applications of electroanalgesia and exercises will be shown to patients who use their computer or mobile device to access the platform through the Internet. The treatments will be recommended by the system based on the database that is configured to accommodate the application of electroanalgesia and McKenzie exercises based on the diagnosis according to the McKenzie method.patients will perform the treatment 3 times per week, for 4 weeks, with a total of 24 sessions

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

e-Health program

Intervention Type OTHER

It consists in an e-Health rehabilitation program through a web platform performing electroanalgesia and an exercise program following the Mckenzie method. Patients will be instructed in the use of the TENS device using 5x9cm electrodes at the bilateral paravertebral level, the patients that present radicular pain, the electrodes will be placed in the path of the affected nerve. The realization of exercises will be through the application of an Mckezie protocol. The duration will be the same as that used to carry out the Mckenzie protocol. Mckenzie exercises are designed to make changes in the internal components periarticular of the spine.

Interventions

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Home Rehabilitation Program

It consists in a home rehabilitation program performing electroanalgesia and an exercise program following the Mckenzie method. Patients will be instructed in the use of the TENS device using 5x9cm electrodes at the bilateral paravertebral level, the patients that present radicular pain, the electrodes will be placed in the path of the affected nerve. The realization of exercises will be through the application of an Mckezie protocol. The duration will be the same as that used to carry out the Mckenzie protocol. Mckenzie exercises are designed to make changes in the internal components periarticular of the spine.

Intervention Type OTHER

e-Health program

It consists in an e-Health rehabilitation program through a web platform performing electroanalgesia and an exercise program following the Mckenzie method. Patients will be instructed in the use of the TENS device using 5x9cm electrodes at the bilateral paravertebral level, the patients that present radicular pain, the electrodes will be placed in the path of the affected nerve. The realization of exercises will be through the application of an Mckezie protocol. The duration will be the same as that used to carry out the Mckenzie protocol. Mckenzie exercises are designed to make changes in the internal components periarticular of the spine.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Low back pain ≥ 3 months.
* Age between 30 and 67 years old.
* Score ≥ 4 points on the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire.
* Not being receiving physical therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

* Presence of lumbar stenosis.
* Diagnosis of spondylolisthesis.
* Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
* Treatment with corticosteroids or oral medication in recent weeks.
* History of spine surgery.
* Contraindication of analgesic electrical therapy.
* Have previously received a treatment of electrical analgesia or exercise.
* Central or peripheral nervous system disease.
* Agoraphobia
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

67 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Junta de Andalucia

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad de Almeria

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez

PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad de Almeria

Locations

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University of Almería

Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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CFS/apg

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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