Evaluation of the Effect of Lumbar Belt on Spinal Mobility in Subjects With and Without Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT05600543

Last Updated: 2025-04-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-30

Study Completion Date

2024-03-29

Brief Summary

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Low back pain (LBP) is a common condition worldwide as the lifetime prevalence is up to 80%. It is defined as pain in the lumbosacral region in which the etiological causes are most often mechanical, and it is therefore defined as "non-specific LBP".

Lumbar belts are used in the treatment and secondary prevention of LBP. They are supposed to reduce the intensity of pain by improving the functional capacities of daily activities and thus preventing the risk of chronicity related to immobility (HAS).

Despite some proof of their efficiency in the literature, it is still not clear how the pressure applied by the belt and the immobilization constraints on the trunk improve the patient mobility.

Considering that LBP causes movement limitation, and that the lumbar belt contributes to initially decrease the pain intensity, as well as to improve the mobility and the functional capacities of the patient, we propose to evaluate the clinical and biomechanical effects of the lumbar belt during different trunk movements in subjects with and without LBP.

This is a clinical investigation on a CE marked medical device, used in accordance with its intended purpose, in the context of a post-marketing clinical follow-up with additional non-invasive procedures (IC SCAC: case 4.1 of the medical device regulation 2017/745).This is a prospective, monocentric, comparative and open clinical investigation.

The objective is to evaluate the clinical and functional effects related to spinal movements in 2 conditions, with and without the wearing of a lumbar belt. The study will be carried out with two groups of subjects: one group of subjects presenting an episode of LBP (NS\>4) (subjects considered to have subacute or chronic nonspecific LBP according to the classification of LBP) and another group of control subjects with no spinal symptoms and no pain that could limit movement (healthy subjects).

Each group will undergo 2 visits on 2 separate days with a 30-day delay for the LBP subjects and a 7-day delay for the healthy subjects

* a first visit (V1) for inclusion, familiarization with a clinical and functional test, and an external measurement of spinal mobility during movements;
* a second visit (V2) for a clinical and functional evaluation, external measurements of spinal mobility and biomechanical measurements.

A third visit (V3) will be offered to healthy subjects for the measurement of spinal segment kinematics with the LombaSkin belt and Percko postural T-shirt.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm 1: Lumbar belt Lombastab® (Thuasne, Levallois Perret, France)

Low back pain patients wear Lumbar belt Lombastab® during 4 weeks according to the instructions given by the investigator of the study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lumbar belt

Intervention Type DEVICE

All subjects (LBP group and healthy group) wear the belt during the two visits to perform differents tests.

The invistigator will ask the LBP patients to wear the lumbar belt between the two visits (for 4 weeks, for 4 to 8 hours per day)

Optional arm: Healthy subjects who will done the third additional visit

For the healthy subjects, they will be offered to do a third additional visit during which they will be able to test the Lombaskin lumbar belt and the Lyne Up percko postural T-shirt.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Lumbar belt

All subjects (LBP group and healthy group) wear the belt during the two visits to perform differents tests.

The invistigator will ask the LBP patients to wear the lumbar belt between the two visits (for 4 weeks, for 4 to 8 hours per day)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Lombaskin lumbar belt and the Lyne Up percko postural T-shirt.

Lombaskin lumbar belt and the Lyne Up percko postural T-shirt could be worn during the third addtional visit proposed to the healthy subject.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female,
* Aged between 18 and 70 years,
* With a waist circumference between 75 cm and 110 cm,
* With a 18.5 \< BMI \< 30 kg/m2,
* Suffering from a current episode of non-specific low back pain (symptomatic subjects),
* At least one average low back pain at rest or during exercise in the last 72 hours collected at inclusion (≥ 4/10 on an EN scale),
* Followed by a primary care physician or specialist for this clinical condition,
* Having received or scheduled to receive an EOS type radiological workup in less than 6 months
* Affiliated or entitled to a social security system,
* Having signed the written consent.


* Male or female,
* Aged 18 to 70 years,
* With a waist circumference between 75 cm and 110 cm,
* With a 18.5 \< BMI \< 30 kg/m2,
* Never having suffered from LBP or any other type of lumbar disorder,
* Affiliated or entitled to a social security system,
* Having signed the written consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects suffering from LBP of inflammatory, tumoral or infectious cause.
* Pregnant women.
* Subjects with cognitive or mental disorders or confirmed depression;
* Subjects who received an infiltration less than one month prior to the inclusion visit or planned during the study;
* Subjects with a known allergy to any of the materials;
* Subjects complaining of chronic, unstabilized or symptomatic cardiac or respiratory problems;
* Subjects with current participation in an interventional investigational drug or device therapy study that impacts the endpoints.
* Subjects under legal protection or unable to express their consent;
* Subject presenting a lumbar radicular syndrome (hiatal hernia, spinal stenosis...).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Thuasne

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Paul CALMELS, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

Locations

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CHU de St Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Masharawi Y, Haj A, Weisman A. Lumbar Axial Rotation Kinematics in an Upright Sitting and With Forward Bending Positions in Men With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Mar 1;45(5):E244-E251. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003265.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Christe G, Rochat V, Jolles BM, Favre J. Lumbar and thoracic kinematics during step-up: Comparison of three-dimensional angles between patients with chronic low back pain and asymptomatic individuals. J Orthop Res. 2020 Jun;38(6):1248-1256. doi: 10.1002/jor.24575. Epub 2020 Jan 7.

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Marich AV, Hwang CT, Sorensen CJ, van Dillen LR. Examination of the Lumbar Movement Pattern during a Clinical Test and a Functional Activity Test in People with and without Low Back Pain. PM R. 2020 Feb;12(2):140-146. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12197. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Shojaei I, Salt EG, Hooker Q, Van Dillen LR, Bazrgari B. Comparison of lumbo-pelvic kinematics during trunk forward bending and backward return between patients with acute low back pain and asymptomatic controls. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2017 Jan;41:66-71. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.12.005. Epub 2016 Dec 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Gombatto SP, D'Arpa N, Landerholm S, Mateo C, O'Connor R, Tokunaga J, Tuttle LJ. Differences in kinematics of the lumbar spine and lower extremities between people with and without low back pain during the down phase of a pick up task, an observational study. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2017 Apr;28:25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2016.12.017. Epub 2017 Jan 5.

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Marich AV, Hwang CT, Salsich GB, Lang CE, Van Dillen LR. Consistency of a lumbar movement pattern across functional activities in people with low back pain. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2017 May;44:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2017.03.004. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

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Vaisy M, Gizzi L, Petzke F, Consmuller T, Pfingsten M, Falla D. Measurement of Lumbar Spine Functional Movement in Low Back Pain. Clin J Pain. 2015 Oct;31(10):876-85. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000190.

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Gombatto SP, Brock T, DeLork A, Jones G, Madden E, Rinere C. Lumbar spine kinematics during walking in people with and people without low back pain. Gait Posture. 2015 Oct;42(4):539-44. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.08.010. Epub 2015 Sep 3.

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Van Hoof W, Volkaerts K, O'Sullivan K, Verschueren S, Dankaerts W. Comparing lower lumbar kinematics in cyclists with low back pain (flexion pattern) versus asymptomatic controls--field study using a wireless posture monitoring system. Man Ther. 2012 Aug;17(4):312-7. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2012.02.012. Epub 2012 Mar 20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22436688 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ANSM

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2022-A01060-43

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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