Effectiveness of Back Care Pillow in Addition to Physical Therapy in Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain Treatment

Khon Kaen University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: standard physical therapy treatment; Device: Back care pillow

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01911806

MRG555S021

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aim to investigate the effects of back care pillow, in adjective with standard physical therapy treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males or females
• Age 20 - 69 years old.
• Patients who have daily routine in so long bending of sitting or standing position at least 2 hours per day
• Patients with low back pain who have pain for more than 3 months
• Patients have pain at lower back without refer to leg
• Patients have moderate to severe pain of numerical rating scale (pain score ≥ 4)

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant patients

• Underlying systematic or visceral disease, and specific condition such as neoplasm, ankylosing spondylitis, previous low back surgery

• Patients have Quada equine syndrome

• Patients with nerve root symptoms (neurological deficit)

  1. Patient have refer pain to leg area of same dermatome is problem.
  2. Abnormal reflex of lower extremity.
  3. Muscle weakness of area myotome is problem.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Back care pillow & standard physical therapy treatment

Experimental group

Description:

standard physical therapy treatment for 6 sessions of treatment, each around 30 minutes, during a period of 2 weeks \& back care pillow use during the day for 2 weeks

Treatment:

Procedure: standard physical therapy treatment

Device: Back care pillow

standard physical therapy treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

standard physical therapy treatment for 6 sessions of treatment, each around 30 minutes, during a period of 2 weeks

Treatment:

Procedure: standard physical therapy treatment