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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of the "Micheli Functional Scale" in the Turkish context.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a new digital therapy for managing chronic low back pain in adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does the digital therapy improve back function and reduce pain intensity in participants with chronic low back pain? - How does the digital therapy's impact compare to traditional exercise therapy? Participants in this study will be asked to use the digital therapy app on their smartphones. They will receive guided core stability exercises through the app and will be encouraged to perform these exercises at home. Researchers will assess participants' progress by monitoring their exercise adherence and tracking changes in their back function and pain intensity over time. To compare the effects of the digital therapy, some participants will follow a traditional exercise therapy program guided by a physical therapist. Researchers will compare the outcomes of these two groups to determine whether the digital therapy is as effective as traditional therapy in improving back function and reducing pain intensity in individuals with chronic low back pain.
The objective of this study will be to identify the short-term impact of positive, neutral, or negative speech on pain intensity (primary outcome). The secondary outcomes assessed will be the global perceived effect of improvement, patient's expectations regarding spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) intervention, and perception of empathy in the therapeutic encounter in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). This study will enroll 60 participants with CLBP aged between 18 and 60 years. This is an exploratory randomized clinical trial. The three groups will receive a manual therapy session after watching the video proposed for their group. First participants will be assessed for pain intensity, low back pain disability, psychosocial aspects, and expectations related to treatment. Secondly, a researcher not involved in the recruitment of patients will randomly allocate the participants into three different groups (G1- group submitted to positive expectation, G2- group submitted to neutral expectation, and G3- group submitted to negative expectation). After the allocation, the participants will watch a short video (no more than 3 minutes) delivering positive, negative, or neutral messages regarding SMT. And finally, a physiotherapist will administer one session of SMT and participants will be re-assessed to investigate the immediate effect of the videos on the pain intensity, global perceived effect of improvement, and expectations. Ultimately, patients will be submitted to a semi-structured interview in which their perceptions about the videos will be investigated. Outcomes will be assessed just immediately after one SMT session.
An educational intervention on the neurophysiology of chronic pain will be provided. The content of the intervention will be identical in the experimental groups (group and individual). The intervention has an active educational approach based on reconceptualizing the maladaptive beliefs that influence the fear-avoidance behavior of the participants through updated contents of the neuroscience of pain. The effects of the intervention will be compared between the groups and the influence of the social determinants of health on the effects will also be determined. The investigators hypothesize that there will be significant differences in favor of the group intervention group over the individual intervention groups. Furthermore, the effects will be influenced by the social determinants of health in both experimental groups.
Chronic pain symptoms are very common among U.S. Military Veterans and have a profound negative impact on mental health symptoms and quality of life, in addition to increasing risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviors. There are currently extremely few safe and effective pharmacological treatments for chronic pain disorders, and the clinical need to develop new therapeutics for pain has never been more urgent. Fueled by the worsening opioid crisis and further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid and other drug overdose deaths have climbed to staggeringly high levels. The rapid development of medications for the management of chronic pain conditions that are safe, well-tolerated, efficacious and non-addicting is thus of paramount importance. The two neurosteroid candidates to be investigated in this trial are naturally occurring molecules enriched in human brain and potentially ideal candidates for safe and effective chronic pain treatment.
Neural mobilization is a technique that plays an important role in repairing the neural tissue's ability to respond to stress or tension by triggering the reconstruction of normal physiological functioning, pain reduction, and functional improvement. The study aims to examine the effect of the sciatic nerve slider technique in different positions and which of the most common positions is more effective in the application of neural mobilization in low back pain with sciatica.
The purpose of the current study is to determine the effect of myofascial release of plantar fascia on pain, back function, lumbar flexibility and pain pressure threshold for patients with CNSLBP.
The aim of this study is clinical trial to investigate the effect of Radial Extracorporeal Shock wave therapy in patients with sciatica and low back pain caused by post laminectomy scarring. the study will answer the following question: 1. what is the effect of Shock Wave Therapy on low back pain and sciatica caused by post-laminectomy fibrosis? patients in the study group will receive radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy and conventional physical therapy program (TENS, electric heating packs, and McKenzie back exercises).
The overall aim of this pilot RCT is to assess the feasibility of conducting a future definitive randomized control trial (RCT) for evaluating the effectiveness of an interprofessional rehabilitation program compared to the usual care in adults with chronic low back pain in Ethiopia. Specific objectives of this study include: - To evaluate the feasibility of trial procedures (recruitment rate, retention rate, adherence rate). - To explore the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention from the patients' and care providers' perspectives. - To estimate the preliminary treatment effect and standard deviation of the relevant clinical outcome measures (physical functioning, pain intensity, workability, HRQoL, psychological functioning) in patients with CLBP to inform sample size calculation for the definitive RCT. Patients with chronic low back pain diagnosed through focused history and physical examination are accepted for enrolment. Each eligible patient will have an equal chance to be allocated to the intervention or control group. Participants of the intervention group will receive interprofessional rehabilitation for four weeks. Participants of the intervention group will receive interprofessional rehabilitation that contain components aimed at enabling optimal physical, psychological, and social functioning, including addressing the work abilities of patients. The components will include a comprehensive assessment, intensified physical activities and exercises, pain education, psychological support, occupational therapy, ergonomic interventions, and vocational counselling. Participants in the comparison group will receive the usual care according to the current standard care for patients with chronic low back pain at the University of Gondar specialized referral hospital in Ethiopia for over four weeks.
This prospective cohort study aims to assess the impact of health literacy on the quality of life in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.