Behavioral Indicators of Pain Representation (ICOR)

Universite de Picardie Jules Verne

Status: Completed

Conditions: Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain; Healthy Volunteer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06669767

IRB00012476_2024_10_07_328

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to compare the postural response to the mental simulation of everyday situations identified as painful in participants with non-specific low back pain and healthy volunteers.

The main questions it aims to answer are :

Do participants with low-back pain show reduced variability in center of pressure displacements compared with non-painful participants when faced with mental simulation of everyday situations identified as painful? Is the postural response correlated with the level of kinesiophobia? Participants will be faced to pictures of everyday situations identified as painful while several physiological measurements (posturography, electromyography, heart rate) are being recorded.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 55
• Non-specific chronic low back pain for the concerned group

Exclusion criteria

• Low back pain for 0 to 3 months
• Unable to stand 1 minute without technical aid
• Neurological, motor or cognitive know impairment
• BMI > 30

Trial design

34 participants in 2 patient groups

Non-specific chronic low back pain

Description:

Participants with non-specific chronic low back pain (\>3 months).

Control group

Description:

Healthy volunteers, without any low back pain.