Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Non-specific Chronic Back Pain (LOGIN - EMDR)

University Hospital Heidelberg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Non-specific Chronic Back Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Eye-Movement-Desensitization-Reprocessing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01850875

01EC1010A

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study explores the feasibility of Eye-Movement-Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in non-specific chronic back pain.

Full description

The study explores the feasibility of Eye-Movement-Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in non-specific chronic back pain in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 6 months follow-up. The treatment consists of 12-sessions EMDR a 60 minutes using eye-movements for bilateral stimulation in addition to treatment as usual (TAU) that is compared to TAU alone.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >= 18 years
• non-specific chronic low back pain >= 45 days/3 months
• high emotional distress caused by psychological trauma
• German language skills

Exclusion criteria

• specific causes of chronic back pain
• application for retirement pension pending
• ongoing psychotherapy
• severe physical or psychiatric comorbidity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Eye-Movement-Desensitization-Reprocessing

Experimental group

Description:

Eye-Movement-Desensitization-Reprocessing

Treatment:

Behavioral: Eye-Movement-Desensitization-Reprocessing

Treatment as usual (control group)

No Intervention group

Description:

treatment as usual