Efficacy of a Physical Activity Counselling on the Severity of Chronic Low Back Pain in Patients With Cardiovascular Risk

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Superficial Thermotherapy; Other: Therapeutic Exercise for LBP; Behavioral: Physical Activity Counselling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02837653

CEULS-PI-108/2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: To determine the influence of a counseling of physical activity (PA) versus usual care (UC) in the magnitude of chronic pain (CP) in patients diagnosed with chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Methods: A total of 64 subjects with (CLBP) and older were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group (UC) + counseling of (AF) and control group (UC). Each group consisted of 32 participants and were evaluated twice (pre and post-intervention), being spaced one month, both groups received telephone follow-up for their participation. The primary endpoint was the magnitude of the (CP) measured by the tool grading scale of chronic pain (EGDC), while as secondary were considered the cardiovascular risk factors, catastrophism, kinesiofobia, disabled by back pain, quality of life, anxiety and depression and the (FA).

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with low back pain more than 3 months
• Age over 18 years old
• Low or Medium Cardiovascular Risk

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors ≥ 5
• Quirurgic procedures at spine last 10 years
• Past of Cancer, or Fibromialgia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Usual Care in Primary Health Care in Low back pain patients, consisting in Therapeutic Exercise and Superficial Thermotherapy at home, and a personalized Physical Activity Counseling based on the Cardiovascular Risk of Each Patient

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Activity Counselling

Other: Therapeutic Exercise for LBP

Other: Superficial Thermotherapy

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual Care in Primary Health Care in Low back pain patients, consisting in Therapeutic Exercise and Superficial Thermotherapy at home.

Treatment:

Other: Therapeutic Exercise for LBP

Other: Superficial Thermotherapy