Changes of Pain and Functional Parameters in Back Pain Patients Over Time

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

19 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-11

Study Completion Date

2020-01-31

Brief Summary

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Back pain affects patients' daily life. Patients can suffer from various symptoms which appear intermittent or permanent; pain, sensory malfunction, reduction of muscular strength and coordination. Therefore, patients are impaired in participation and activity.

Physiotherapy is recommended to improve those symptoms and to positively affect the cause of the problem. However, some patients do not benefit from physiotherapeutic treatment and require a surgery.

The investigators intend to attend patients suffering from back pain and to document the changes of pain and functional parameters over a period of 6 months. The investigators include pre-operative, post-operative or non-operated patients which allows to discuss the different treatment options and its effects.

Detailed Description

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To assess pain and functional parameters physicians, medical staff and physiotherapist often use subjective clinical testings which impede the comparability of testings over time, between testers and between subjects.

Therefore, a second aim of this study is to evaluate each subjective clinical test with a standardized objective measurement tool.

Conditions

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Changes Over Time in Pain and Functional Parameters

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* appointment at the neurosurgery department due to back pain
* German speaking
* willingness to see a physiotherapist
* willingness to participate in 3 measurements over 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

* no appointment at the neurosurgery department due to back pain
* not German speaking
* no willingness to see a physiotherapist
* no willingness to participate in 3 measurements over 6 months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ron Clijsen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

SUPSI Landquart, Switzerland

Locations

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Cantonal Hospital of Grisons

Chur, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

References

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Bianchi G, Zweifel C, Hohenauer E, Santos JAR and Clijsen R (2025) Reliable outcome parameters in patients with lumbar radiculopathy attributed to disc herniation: an observational study. Front. Musculoskelet. Disord. 3:1672539. doi: 10.3389/fmscd.2025.1672539

Reference Type RESULT

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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2018-00637_KSGR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id