A Follow-up Comparison of Sensory Discrimination in Patients With Low Back Pain

St. Ambrose University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: Home exercise program only

Other: Home exercise program and home program of sensory discrimination

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03760887

StAmbroseU sensory

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if there is any carry over difference with sensation training to the low back for patients with low back pain with the addition of a training at home. This will be looked at to see if there is a difference in pain or back / leg movement right after the training and in a few days after doing some exercises at home.

Full description

In a previous case series patients with chronic Low Back Pain (LBP) who received tactile acuity training to their lower back in the absence of movement, experienced immediate positive changes in pain ratings and spinal movements. These changes, however, where only measured immediate post-intervention. This study aims to use a similar design of sensory discrimination for LBP, but will include a sensory discrimination home exercise program and compare groups at a follow-up visit for any difference between groups (48-96 hours) of the immediate changes. Changes will be assessed for pain and back and leg movement.

Enrollment

102 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

adults over the age of 18
patients presenting at PT with a primary complaint of LBP
LBP being present for 3 months or more
fluent in English
willing to participate in the study
They also will need someone who can assist with a sensory discrimination HEP.

Exclusion criteria

under age 18
not able to read/understand the English language
prisoners
no medical issues precluding physical therapy treatment (red flags)
if they had undergone spinal surgery
if they had any skin or medical condition preventing them from receiving tactile stimuli on the lower back or had specific movement-based precautions, i.e., no active spinal flexion. - Patients presenting with leg pain only
Patients with neurological deficit only in the lower extremity