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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) on outcomes for pain, sleep, and physical activity level in an active duty military sample with subacute or chronic lower back pain (LBP). BFA is a form of auricular acupuncture (AA) that has been implemented in many Department of Defense (DoD)/Veterans Affairs (VA) medical settings to alleviate acute or chronic pain. BFA uses five predetermined locations in a defined sequence to place semi-permanent needles in the ear. Subacute lower back pain is pain that has persistently lasted from four to twelve weeks. Chronic lower back pain is pain that lasts more than 12 weeks. Hypothesis 1: Participants with subacute or chronic LBP will have reduced pain using BFA as compared to placebo. Hypothesis 2: Participants with subacute or chronic LBP will have improved physical activity using BFA as compared to placebo. Hypothesis 3: Participants with subacute or chronic LBP will have improved sleep quality as compared to placebo. The secondary study aims are: 1. To explore the effects of BFA two weeks following the treatment for LBP. 1. Do positive outcomes appreciated with BFA persist over two weeks? 2. What is the pain medication usage during and after intervention treatments? 2. To explore the effectiveness of BFA on trunk flexion mobility and balance. 1. Does pain reduction improve trunk flexion and balance? 2. Does improved truck flexion mobility and balance contribute to increased physical activity?
In last decade, the awareness has grown regarding the pain neuroscience education (PNE). In the literature, it has been found that there is strong evidence that the educational strategy of pain neuroscience education (PNE) can have positive effects on pain, disability, catastrophization, and physical performance in chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Nowadays, many physiotherapists integrate the PNE into the treatment of chronic pain. However, the importance of culturally sensitive approaches for the treatment of chronic pain has been proposed depending on the cultural differences of pain beliefs, pain cognitions, pain experiences and pain coping strategies in different ethnic populations. Therefore, the aim of this study is to compare the effects of a culturally sensitive PNE with a standard translated PNE on pain intensity, disability status, pain pressure thresholds and psychosocial factors (conceptualization of pain, pain beliefs, catastrophizing, kinesiophobia and illness perception) in Turkish patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). The effects of culturally sensitive PNE format will be compared with the standard translated PNE in a pilot trial. 40 Turkish patients (first generation migrant living around Ghent) with chronic LBP, between the age of 18 and 65 years, will be randomized to the culturally sensitive PNE or standard translated PNE. The content of 2 sessions PNE include the explanation about differences of acute and chronic pain, purpose of acute pain, production of acute pain and chronic pain, and potential sustaining factors for central sensitization, but presented in different ways. They will be subjected to an individual education session and they will receive a home education program. In session 2 (after 1 week), they will come back to ascertain that everything is understood.
Chronic spinal pain (CSP) includes chronic low back and neck pain. CSP is a highly prevalent and severely debilitating disorder characterized by tremendous personal and socioeconomic impact, long-term sick leave, low quality of life and very high socioeconomical costs. The current strategies for treating CSP are not yet optimal in reducing pain and related disability, urging the need for improvement. A possible problem is that the current approaches are often to limited and only address pain. Current treatments for CSP do not address associated complaints like sleeping problems which are however important issues. If present, sleeping problems may contribute to CSP severity and related disability. If left untreated, they represent a barrier for effective CSP management. Up to now, however, sleeping problems are hardly addressed and if so, it is mostly limited to sleeping medication. This is a problem since the efficacy and safety of drug treatment has not been established. Therefore, within the current innovative project we propose examining the added value of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) to the current best physical therapy treatment for CSP. CBT-I includes changing negative thoughts about sleep, sleep hygiene, altering sleeping patterns, and teaching relaxation skills. The objectives of the study are to examine if CBT-I combined with the modern physical therapy approach (education about pain followed by exercise therapy) is more effective than the modern physical therapy approach alone for reducing pain, improving sleep and functionality in CSP patients with sleeping problems. Therefore 120 CSP patients with sleeping problems will be randomly divided over the 2 treatment programs (60 per group) and will be assessed before and after their 14-week therapy program consisting of 18 therapy sessions. Comparisons will be made for pain severity, sleep quality and functionality.
Multicentre, randomised, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial with parallel economic evaluation. Patients will be allocated 1:1 to activated 10kHz SCS plus usual care (intervention) or sham 10kHz SCS plus usual care (control) and followed up to 6 months.
Patients seeking care for chronic low back or knee pain will be recruited for enrollment, and randomized within two phases (retention and compliance). Patients will consent to a 2-step study design, with independent randomization for each. The initial step will assess retention based on 4 different exercise prescription strategies. This will be assessed short-term, and then the 2nd step will consist of a second independent randomization to receive different reminder strategies to determine their influence on exercise compliance at home.
This study will measure the effects of interactive, whole-body video games on movement behavior in people with chronic low back pain.
The aims of this study are to examine the effectiveness of functional range conditioning in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain in terms of improving hip internal rotation and strength of the hip abductors, and reducing pain and disability.
We propose here to evaluate the precision of lumbar periradicular infiltration performed under a transverse ultrasound approach by performing a fluoroscopic control once the needle in the desired position. The effectiveness of the technique will be assessed by measuring different pain and disability scores at four weeks post-infiltration: the Visual analogue pain Scale score, the DN4 score, and the Oswestry disability score (ODI); The decrease in irradiation received will be collected, compared to that of the conventional fluoroscopic technique.
To investigate whether changes in trust between physical therapist and patient correlate to outcomes after receiving physical therapy care. We will be utilizing established questionnaires from the medical literature and one new generated questionnaire.
The aim will be to compare a experimental group submitted to a protocol of spinal manipulation and myofascial release; and a control group composed by spinal manipulation only, in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain. This is a randomized controlled trial, characterized by the application of manual therapy, in two modalities: spinal manipulation plus myofascial release and spinal manipulation alone. Participants will be enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups: 1) spinal manipulation plus myofascial release, totaling 6 sessions, 2x/week, for 3 weeks; 2) spinal manipulation: 6 sessions, 2x/week, for 3 weeks. Participants will be evaluated in two different moments: 1) Baseline (pre-intervention); 2) at the end of intervention period (3 weeks); and 3) after 3 months follow-up. The primary outcomes will be pain intensity (measured in centimeters with the visual analogue scale - VAS) and disability (measured by the Quebec questionnaire - QDS). The secondary outcomes will be muscle fatigue (measured by the Biering-Sorensen test), postural balance (measured by the Y Balance test), pain threshold (algometry, in kgf) and perception of recovery (Likert scale of 6-points) and health status (measured by the Eq5d3L questionnaire). Data analysis will be performed with the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software version 24.0. Data normality assumptions will be confirmed by the Shapiro Wilk test. If the assumptions were met, a mixed ANOVA with repeated measures will be adopted, based on the outcomes and the independent variables (groups), for the comparison between pre-intervention and post-intervention. Spinal manipulation plus myofascial release is expected to have better effects than spinal manipulation alone, associated with the outcomes of interest.