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Filter by:The purpose of the present study is to evaluate whether the addition of two pain neurophysiology education sessions to motor control training may result in an improvement of the outcome measures of pain and disability, compared to motor control training alone.
As patients improve on one parametric result, the results on the other parametric may worsen, but the total score may not be affected. For this reason, it would be useful to make measurements that evaluate all the parameters of the patients. Thus, it would be more advantageous to score both pain and symptoms separately, as well as activity limitations. Therefore, neck specific surveys are needed to meet this need. For this reason, this study was planned to determine the validity of the questionnaire named "Profile Fitness Mapping Low Back Questionnaire" in patients with low back pain.
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) on adherence to exercises and on levels of pain and incapacity in patients who engage in physiotherapy for low back pain. Sixty patients attending a 15-day program of physiotherapy for low back pain were allocated to experimental (EG) and control groups (CG). A regular treatment of physiotherapy with at-home exercises is offered to all participants. On day seven, MI is applied to the EG. The CG receives an anti-inflammatory information program.
The main purpose of this pilot single-blind randomized clinical trial is to assess the feasibility of implementing motor control exercise and patient education for the management of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in a low resource rural Nigerian community.
Work place related (lower) back pain in medical personnel is limiting to workability. Even though occupational prevention programs are increasingly established, data on the effectiveness of training interventions offered at work-sites is largely missing. In this randomized, investigator-blind, controlled feasibility study we aim to compare the effectiveness of device assisted training therapy in comparison to a general recommendation "to stay active" or group gymnastics in terms of pain frequency and intensity (main outcome). Additional outcome variables are: quality of life, psychological well-being, work efficiency, of sick-leave days. Eligible employees (2 x 30) of the General Hospital of Vienna (AKH) over the age of 45 years suffering from (lower) back pain (>30 days/last year) of intensity ≥ 3 (numeric scale 0-10) will be included in two parallel groups. Group I starts with a device (DAVID) assisted training (40 training sessions; 2x / week) of the core trunk musculature. Group II gets instructions and an advice on how to "stay active" during the first 6 months. Assessment will be conducted before and after these 6 months; then groups are switched, thus, study subjects act as their own controls.
Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally with increasing concern about its impact in low- and middle-income countries like those situated in Africa where most people are living in rural areas with limited access to health care. Epidemiological studies in Nigeria suggest that the burden of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in rural areas is greater than in urban areas, with both biomechanical and psychological factors being implicated. However, despite the burden of CLBP in rural Nigeria, rehabilitation services are lacking even at the rural primary healthcare centers due to the absence of physiotherapists. Current clinical practice guidelines unanimously recommend education including instruction on self-management options, and exercise as frontline interventions to help individuals with CLBP. However, the specific content of these interventions are rarely described. Patient education (PE) strategies incorporating both biomedical and psychosocial information have been shown to be beneficial for CLBP. Moreover, exercises in the form of motor control exercises (MCEs) have been proven to be effective for CLBP. However, RCTs examining the effects of PE and MCE individually or in combination among rural community-dwelling adults with CLBP are scarce. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of PE and MCE program on selected clinical and psychosocial variables among rural community-dwelling adults with nonspecific CLBP.
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a full randomized clinical trial for assessing the effects of pain education as an intervention for patients with LBP in a physiotherapy facility in Nepal. The primary objectives of the study are related to feasibility of randomized clinical trial including: (1) willingness to participate in a clinical trial, (2) acceptability of random allocation to one of the two study groups, (3) feasibility of blinding the assessor(s), (4) eligibility and recruitment rates, (5) acceptability of screening procedures, (6) possible contamination between the groups, (7) credibility of pain education for patients with LBP, (8) adherence to intervention, (9) satisfaction of treatment, and (10) difficulty in understanding the content of pain education. To address the study objectives, an assessor-blinded, two arm randomized feasibility study was designed. Forty patients with LBP will be randomly allocated to one of the two study arms, (1) pain education in the experimental group, and (2) evidence based care in the control group (CG).
Lumbar pain is considered one of the most frequent health problems faced by human populations on a global scale. This study will be carried out to evaluate the efficiency of motor control treatments combined with diathermy in patients diagnosed with acute lower back pain, focusing upon the potential for accelerated patient recuperation if both treatments are applied simultaneously and jointly.
Objectives: The primary objective will be to investigate the additional effect (immediate and after one-month follow up) of pain neuroscience education (PNE) to Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) on primary outcomes of pain intensity and disability in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (CLBP).
The purpose of this study is to see if mindfulness, a form of mental training, or listening to a book alters brain activation in response to raising your leg that may produce the feeling of pain. A technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows scientists to determine which parts of the brain are active during a particular task. This study will provide new information about how mindfulness affects the brain.