N/A
N=21
Use of Biofeedback Training to Correct Abnormal Neuromechanical Pattern in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
Chronic Low Back Pain · Mechanical Low Back Pain
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02239289 ↗Enrolled (actual)
21
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2015
Primary outcome: Primary: Flexion-relaxation Ratio — 0.68 Ratio
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Biofeedback (Other)
- Age
- Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Primary completion
- Sep 2014
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Flexion-relaxation Ratio |
0.75 | — |
| PRIMARY Flexion-relaxation Ratio |
0.75 | — |
| PRIMARY Flexion-relaxation Ratio |
0.75 | — |
| PRIMARY Flexion-relaxation Ratio |
0.75 | — |
| SECONDARY Lumbo-pelvic Range of Motion During Trunk Flexion-extension |
47.21; 47.89 | — |
| SECONDARY Disability Level |
14.70 | — |
| SECONDARY Pain Intensity in the Past Week |
23.62 | — |
| SECONDARY Current Pain Intensity |
19.81 | — |
| SECONDARY Fear of Movement Level |
29.80 | — |
| SECONDARY Current Pain Intensity |
19.81 | — |
| SECONDARY Current Pain Intensity |
19.81 | — |
| SECONDARY Pain Intensity in the Past Week |
23.62 | — |
| SECONDARY Pain Intensity in the Past Week |
23.62 | — |
| SECONDARY Lumbo-pelvic Range of Motion During Trunk Flexion-extension |
47.21; 47.89 | — |
| SECONDARY Lumbo-pelvic Range of Motion During Trunk Flexion-extension |
47.21; 47.89 | — |
| SECONDARY Lumbo-pelvic Range of Motion During Trunk Flexion-extension |
47.21; 47.89 | — |
Summary
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the benefit of biofeedback training on the capacity of chronic low back pain patients to decrease their lumbar paraspinal muscles activity during trunk full flexion and its relationship with changes in clinical outcomes. To do so, twenty patients with nonspecific mechanical low back pain will be recruited and all participants will take part in four sessions of supervised biofeedback training, consisting of 5 blocks with at least 12 trunk flexion-extension tasks. It is hypothesized that participants will have improved neuromechanical parameters with the biofeedback training and that this improvement will be positively associated to changes in clinical outcomes. This study will also allow for generation of preliminary data, in order to plan for a larger randomized control trial.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Being between 18 and 60 years of age.
- Presence of non-specific chronic low back pain.
Exclusion Criteria
- Prior surgery or major spine trauma.
- Lumbar scoliosis greater than 20°.
- Neuromuscular disease.
- Malignant tumor.
- Uncontrolled hypertension.
- Infection.
- Neurological deficit.
- Symptomatic lumbar disc herniation.
- Pregnancy.
- Recent lumbar cortisone injection.
- Active lower body injury and/or disabling pain limiting the capacity to complete the experimentation.
- Being under medications known to impair physical effort and pain perception.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02239289). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.