Therapy Exercises and Physiotherapy Delivered Operant Conditioning in the Treatment Chronic Low Back Pain

Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: Controlled, Randomized, Blind Trial Therapy Exercises and Operant Conditioning for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study investigates the effect of two physiotherapy models in the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain. Participants will be divided into three groups, two experimental and one control. In both experimental groups, the participants will be included in the intensive program of Therapy Exercises, under the supervision and guidance of the physiotherapist, and the group will differ in implemented behavioral therapy (which he will implement by a physiotherapist). In the control group, subjects will receive the usual treatment. The Back School will be applied in all groups.

Clinical Trial Description

Low back pain is a global public health problem, one of the main causes of disability of the population, as well as enormous economic costs in the health system. This claim specifically relates to chronic low back pain. The clinical picture of chronic low back pain in addition to pain, muscle spasm, and functional disability dominate psychological problems, which significantly affect the outcome of treatment. The multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of chronic low back pain has proven to be the most effective, bad economically unacceptable, and unavailable in many countries. Therefore, it is necessary to find the most effective and economically most acceptable approach to the treatment of chronic low back pain.

Physiotherapy is an unavoidable method of treating this painful condition, and changes in treatment approaches are most evident in this medical profession. Recently, physiotherapy includes two models in the treatment of chronic low back pain. A biomedical model consisting of well-known physiotherapy methods and a Biopsychosocial model that, in addition to known physiotherapy methods, includes a part of cognitive-behavioral therapy associated with motion and behavior, operative conditioning. Therapy exercise is an effective method indispensable part of both models of physiotherapy.

The reason for changes in physiotherapy is a varied clinical picture of chronic low back pain. Evidence-based effectiveness of therapy exercise has been determined on reduction of the body's symptoms, pain, and functional disabilities. The effect of reducing psychological symptoms has been poorly investigated. Also, the use of therapeutic exercises in the practice creates several concerns related to the intensity of exercise, mode and time-frame of their application, and the type or method of exercise.

Because it's already a known effect of operant conditioning through a multidisciplinary approach to reducing the psychological symptoms of chronic low back pain, it is suggested that this part of cognitive-behavioral therapy be implemented in physiotherapy, namely therapy exercise. Studies aimed to determine the effect of biopsychosocial physiotherapy models are scarce and insufficiently clear.

The aims of this study are:

1. Determine the effectiveness of a biomedical model of physiotherapy in the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain,

2. Determine the effectiveness of the biopsychosocial model of physiotherapy in the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain, and

3. Compare the effectiveness of these interventions. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

• NCT number: NCT04023162
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Mostar
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 22, 2019
• Completion date: April 30, 2020