Remote Exercise Programs in Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT05082649

Last Updated: 2023-10-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 42 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-07-05

Brief Summary

Low back pain is a common problem that affects many people at some point in their lives. These people constitute a big part of the disease burden due to their recurrent complaints. About 45% of individuals with chronic low back pain seek medical attention. This situation makes chronic low back pain the second reason for individuals to apply to the hospital.

Exercise therapy is the first option that comes to mind in the management of low back pain. It is seen that exercise therapy both reduces the intensity of pain and reduces the recurrence rate of complaints. When the literature is examined, it is observed that among the exercise models, stabilization exercises can provide more benefits than general exercises in reducing pain and improving disability. The COVID-19 pandemic causes disruptions in face-to-face rehabilitation services. The development of telemedicine and telerehabilitation services, whose popularity is increasing with the advancing technology, gained momentum with these disruptions. With telerehabilitation, long-term treatments tailored to the needs of the patients can be offered, the cost is low, and the patients can exercise at home, on their own, at their own pace, whenever they want. These reasons make telerehabilitation stand out especially during the pandemic period. The aim of the study planned in this context is to investigate short and long-term results of remote and face-to-face exercise training on function and disease symptoms for individuals with chronic low back pain.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Telerehabilitation

Remotely (with video) progressive spinal stabilization exercises.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Telerehabilitation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Remotely (with video) progressive spinal stabilization exercises.

Face to Face Exercises

Face to face (in clinic) progressive spinal stabilization exercises.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Face to Face Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Face to face (in clinic) progressive spinal stabilization exercises.

Interventions

Face to Face Exercise

Face to face (in clinic) progressive spinal stabilization exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Telerehabilitation

Remotely (with video) progressive spinal stabilization exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Having low back pain for more than 3 months,
• Pain intensity of 3 or more according to VAS,
• literate,
• A smartphone user,
• Own a smartphone
• Individuals who are able to understand the exercises (total score >21 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MOCA)) will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who have been diagnosed with cervical or lumbar region pathologies,
• Cervical rapiculopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome,
• Having a malignant condition,
• Having systemic diseases such as neurological, psychological, cardiovascular, rheumatological and loss of function due to these diseases,
• History of previous surgery on the spine and upper extremity,
• Acute infection,
• Individuals who do not agree to participate in the study and do not give written consent will be excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Aybüke Fanuscu

Research Assistant

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Altındağ, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

KA-21024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id