The Effect of Graded Activity and Pain Education (GAPE) for Patients Early After Lumbar Spinal Fusion...
Low Back PainBackground An increasing number of patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) undergo lumbar spinal fusion (LSF). Unfortunately, a substantial part of the patients still has persistent pain, functional disability and poor quality of life after surgery. Research in the field of rehabilitation after LSF call for high quality research to focus on active approaches which incorporate an early bio-psycho-social focus. A focus which include the patient's context, experiences and thoughts even more in the clinical decision making. The primary objective of this trial is to examine the effect of an early active rehabilitation-intervention consisting of Graded Activity and Pain Education (GAPE) on sedentary behavior in a population of patients undergoing LSF. The secondary objectives are to examine the effect of GAPE on disability, pain, fear of move-ment, self-efficacy for exercise and health related quality of life. Methods: The study is a randomized controlled trial planned to include 144 patients after LSF caused by degeneration of the lumbar spine (including spondylolisthesis). The patients will be randomly assigned to receive either usual care or usual care plus GAPE. GAPE consists of 9 individual sessions, with an overall purpose to influence the patient beliefs and thoughts about movement and pain towards increased self-efficacy for exercise and decreased fear of movement. A physiotherapist will in close collaboration with the patient plan GAPE based on an in-depth pain-anamnesis, individually set functional goals and observations of the patients in their homes. The primary outcome will be "reduction in sedentary behavior" measured by an accelerometer. Sec-ondary outcome will include disability, pain, fear of movement, self-efficacy for exercise and quality of life. Data will be collected at baseline (pre-surgery), and at 3, 6- and 12-months post-surgery.
Effects of Neural Slump Mobilization in Addition to Conventional Physical Therapy in Low Back Pain...
Low Back PainLow back pain is amongst the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions worldwide.This condition has a significant impact on the person's quality of life by effecting their various activities of daily living. As of 2017 it remains the leading cause of years lived with disability.Various management strategies are used for the treatment of low back pain. In the recent years neurodynamic techniques are being used for the treatment of low back pain. Escpecially, patients of low back pain who have neural mechanosensitivity may benefit from neural mobilization techniques. Slump stretching is a neurodynamic technqiue which is used to improve the mobility of dural tissue.Different studies have shown postive results of slump stretching in patients of low back pain. However no such study has investigated the role of slump stretching in improving range of motiion in low back pain patients.So this study aims to investigate the the effect of slump stretching in low back pain patients specially on low back Low back pain is amongst the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions worldwide.This condition has a significant impact on the person's quality of life by effecting their various activities of daily living. As of 2017 it remains the leading cause of years lived with disability.Various management strategies are used for the treatment of low back pain. In the recent years neurodynamic techniques are being used for the treatment of low back pain. Escpecially, patients of low back pain who have neural mechanosensitivity may benefit from neural mobilization techniques. Slump stretching is a neurodynamic technqiue which is used to improve the mobility of dural tissue.Different studies have shown postive results of slump stretching in patients of low back pain. However no such study has investigated the role of slump stretching in improving range of motiion in low back pain patients.So this study aims to investigate the the effect of slump stretching in low back pain patients specially on low back
VIA Disc NP Pilot for Patients With Symptomatic Degenerated Discs
Degenerative Disc DiseaseLow Back Pain1 moreVIA Disc NP is an allograph intended to supplement the nucleus pulposus tissue in degenerated intervertebral discs.
Study Investigating STA363 Compared to Placebo in Patients With Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain...
Discogenic PainThis is a phase IIb, prospective, multi-country, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study to investigate the efficacy, safety and transformation of NP following single intradiscal injection of STA363 (lactic acid) into one or two IVDs compared to placebo for the treatment of discogenic low back pain. This study will be conducted in Russia, Spain and the Netherlands.
Double Arm Pivotal Study to Evaluate the Neurolyser XR for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain...
Facet Syndrome of Lumbar SpineDouble arm pivotal study to evaluate the Neurolyser XR as a non-invasive treatment of axial chronic low back pain
INTRACEPT: Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Study Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Ablation...
Chronic Low Back PainProspective, open-label, 1:1 randomized controlled trial of Basivertebral nerve (BVN) Ablation arm vs Standard Care Control for the treatment of vertebrogenic chronic low back pain (CLBP). Participants in the the BVN Ablation arm will receive radiofrequency ablation of the BVN using the Intracept procedure for treatment of up to 4 vertebral bodies (L3 to S1). Participants in the Standard Care Control arm will continue on non-surgical standard care and will be offered optional crossover after 12 months of follow-up with follow-up of 6 months post crossover treatment. The study had a pre-specified Interim Analysis with stopping rules for superiority when approximately 60% of the randomized participants have completed their 3-month primary endpoint study visit. An independent Data Safety Management Board (DSMB) reviewed the interim analysis results and recommended stopping enrollments for superiority and offering early crossover to the control arm participants.
D-cycloserine for the Treatment of Chronic, Refractory Low Back Pain
Low Back PainPainThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of D-cycloserine versus placebo in relieving the signs and symptoms of patients with chronic lower back pain.
The VIGOR Study - Virtual Immersive Gaming to Optimize Recovery in Low Back Pain
Chronic Low Back PainFear of Pain1 moreThis study will measure the effects of interactive, whole-body video games on movement behavior in people with chronic low back pain.
COgNitive FuncTional Therapy+ for Chronic Low Back paIn
Chronic Low-back PainThis study is a patient-blinded 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessing the effectiveness (in the short and long term) as well as total healthcare costs of a CFT+ (a combined physiotherapist/psychologist intervention) pathway compared with interdisciplinary pain management pathway (usual care) for patients with chronic low back pain referred to interdisciplinary pain treatment. The primary aim of this pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate if a physiotherapy-led CFT pathway that includes psychologist support (CFT+) with the option of additional usual care (if needed) is superior to the currently recommended interdisciplinary pain management pathway (usual care) in reducing disability at 12 months in patients with severe cLBP. In addition, an economic evaluation will investigate total health care costs of the two pathways at 12 months. In addition the study will explore changes in pain intensity, quality of life, thoughts and beliefs about back pain, and analgesic consumption in patients randomized to the CFT+ pathway compared with patients randomized to the interdisciplinary pain management pathway.
Comparison of Dry Needling and Manual Pressure Release for Managing Low Back Pain
Low Back PainThis study will compare the effect of dry needling and manual pressure in patients having low back pain in terms of pain and disability. There will be two groups ; experimental and control. Half of study group will receive dry needling session along with hot pack. Half of study group will receive manual pressure technique along with hot pack.