Back School for Non-specific Low Back Pain (LBP) in an Urban Setting

Wayne State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Back school

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02990585

041016MP4E

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be a comparative design between 2 groups of subjects attending classes on back education in an urban setting. Participants will be randomized to either an individual one-on-one back school session or to the 8 group sessions.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants 18 years of age or older who have been suffering from non-specific LBP for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• Additional impairments contraindicating their safe participation in the back school program, such as evidence of spinal cord pathology, cauda equina, progressive neurological damage, infection, inflammation, malignancy, fracture or a progressive, neurodegenerative disease as well as back surgery within the past year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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11 participants in 2 patient groups

One individual back school session

Active Comparator group

Description:

The 1 individual session will consist of a 60 min 1-on-1 education/exercise session with an athletic trainer. Information will be an abbreviated version of the 8-session school and fill focus on the strengthening, stretching, pain control and movement re-education most needed for the individual.

Treatment:

Other: Back school

8 group session of back school

Active Comparator group

Description:

All sessions last 45-60 minutes. There will be up to 8 participants in each session which will be led by an athletic trainer or rehabilitation trainer. Pain management, prevention strategies, and active treatment will be covered in the 8 sessions. Active treatment includes strengthening, stretching, pain control, movement re-education, and walking.

Treatment:

Other: Back school