Back School for Non-specific Low Back Pain (LBP) in an Urban Setting

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of an 8-session Back School Versus a Single, Abbreviated Session When Looking at Non-specific Low Back Pain in an Urban Setting

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02990585
• Other study ID #: 041016MP4E
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Wayne State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be a comparative design between 2 groups of subjects attending classes on back education in an urban setting. Participants will be randomized to either an individual one-on-one back school session or to the 8 group sessions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 11
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants 18 years of age or older who have been suffering from non-specific LBP for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Additional impairments contraindicating their safe participation in the back school program, such as evidence of spinal cord pathology, cauda equina, progressive neurological damage, infection, inflammation, malignancy, fracture or a progressive, neurodegenerative disease as well as back surgery within the past year

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Back school

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Wayne State University	Detroit	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wayne State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in the Modified Oswestry Disability Index		At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months
Secondary	Change in the Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire -Physical Activity portion		At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months
Secondary	Change in the Numeric pain rating scale		At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months
Secondary	Change in the International Physical Activity Questionnaire		At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months