Active clinical trials for "Low Back Pain"

The overall objective of this project is to compare three home-managed treatment regimens for subacute low back pain: Progressive Exercise Plan (PEP), NMES (neuromuscular electrical stimulation) core strength training and standard primary care management (PCM). Each of the two treatment arms will be supplemented by Primary Care Management. The specific aim of the study is to determine whether the two treatment regimes are significantly more efficacious than standard PCM alone in improving lower back muscle strength, daily physical activity, physical function, quality of life, and symptoms associated with subacute LBP.

Physiotherapy is a long established therapy in lower back pain. It is unknown if physiotherapeutic interventions in patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with nonspecific lower back pain are beneficial. The aim of this study is to assess whether patients presenting to the emergency department with non-specific low risk low back pain would benefit from a physiotherapy intervention, as compared to patients without physiotherapy intervention at time of ED presentation.

The main goal of this study is to determine if static or dynamic [18F]NaF PET/CT (positron emitting tomography) can identify the source of lower backpain in at least 20% of the patients experiencing lower backpain, yet could not be diagnosed from MRI or CT scans.

Low back pain is categorized according to its duration as acute (<6 weeks), sub-acute (6 weeks - 12 weeks) and chronic (>12 weeks). Low back pain can be either specific or non-specific. Specific low back pain is because of specific spinal pathologies including; Malignancy, Infection, Osteoporotic Collapse, Fracture, Ankylosing Spondylitis or other inflammatory disorders and Cauda equina compression. About 19 in 20 cases of acute (sudden onset) low back pain are classed as 'non-specific' It is called 'non-specific' because it is usually not clear what is actually causing the pain or there is no specific problem or disease that can be identified as to the cause of the pain.Functional Resistance Training (FRT) involves multiplanar and multi joint resistance exercises that simulate movement patterns from everyday life and sport Functional training exercises tend to focus more on the coordination, technique, posture, and core engagement instead of on training loads.

Open label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study with two parallel groups of patients

According to the WHO, therapeutic education is intended to help patients acquire or maintain the skills they need to optimally manage living with a chronic disease. Low back pain is frequent and therapeutic education could be a promising option. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of a therapeutic education program for patients suffering from low back pain.

Low back pain is a common cause of visit to emergency department. It is not clear if skeletal muscle relaxants are of benefit for patients with acute low back pain. This is a randomized study to determine if skeletal muscle relaxants, when combined with naproxen, improve outcomes more than naproxen alone

This is a study to better understand how a yoga intervention helps improve symptoms in people with chronic low back pain. This study will be a 12-week intervention of about 24 participants with chronic low back pain where all individuals will receive weekly yoga classes and instructions for home practice. The purpose of this study is to collect feasibility data and to conduct preliminary analyses in preparation for a larger planned NIH study.

Evaluate radiation exposure and procedure times for continuous fluoroscopic monitoring during lumbar ESI

This randomized, double-blind, placebo control, cross-over study tested the hypothesis that periradicular injections of Meloxicam would reduce recent onset low back pain and improve physical activity compared to saline injection at 3 months follow-up evaluation