Effect of Multidimensional Physiotherapy in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Iran University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Treatments: Other: Multidimensional physiotherapy; Other: Usual physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04270422

IranUMS

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the effect of multidimensional physiotherapy to usual evidence-based physiotherapy in the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain in adults. Half of the participants will receive multidimensional physiotherapy based on biopsychosocial approach while the other half will receive usual evidence based physiotherapy.

Full description

multidimensional physiotherapy treatment include: psychoeducation based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), education, graded exposure, postural correction exercise, lifestyle change, and electrotherapy.

usual evidence-based physiotherapy include: electrotherapy, education, and trunk general exercises.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18-50
• Low back pain for 3 months or more
• Disability based on Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) between 20-60
• Fear of movement based on Tampa scale of kinesiophobia >37
• Minimum level of education
• Native Persian speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Any evidence of e specific medical diagnosis
• Rheumatoid disease,fibromyalgia, neuropathy, progressive neurological disease
• History of headache, dizziness, nausea, epilepsy, migraines and mental disorder
• Beck's Anxiety Inventory> 26
• Beck's Depression Inventory II> 29
• Pregnancy
• Having other therapies during the present research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Multidimensional physiotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Multidimensional physiotherapy based on biopsychosocial, twice a week, 12 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Multidimensional physiotherapy

Usual physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual evidence based physiotherapy, twice a week, 12 sessions

Treatment:

Other: Usual physiotherapy