Gamified Rehab vs Take-home Packet Rehab for Non-specific Low Back Pain

University of Central Florida

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Non-specific Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Take-home packet; Other: Leaderboard

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05573932

00004656

Details and patient eligibility

About

Two groups with non-specific low back pain will be completing the same exercise protocol. The leaderboard group will have a gamified experience and the take-home packet group will be using a paper take-home packet. Outcomes will be measured at 3 weeks, 6 weeks, with pain and disability also being measured at 12 and 18 months.

Full description

There will be two groups in this study, the leaderboard group, and the take-home packet group. The leaderboard group and the take-home packet group will be completing the same exercise program throughout the 6-weeks. The exercises included the plank, side plank (left and right side), foot elevated (left and right side), dead bug and bird dog exercise until discontinuation. The exercises will increase with repetitions every two weeks and that outline is listed below in procedures involved. The leaderboard group will have on demand video access to the exercises and the take-home packet group will have a take-home packet. The leaderboard group will also be receiving weekly leaderboards of average and top exercise durations of the leaderboard group participants. The audio description of exercise in the on-demand video group is the same script as the written description in the take-home packet.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be 18-45 years old
• Biological sex of Male or Female
• Self-reported low back pain within the previous 6 months or greater than 3 episodes within the past 3 years

Exclusion criteria

• Must not be currently seeing and or receiving care from an athletic trainer, physical therapist, or other rehabilitation specialist in the previous 6 months
• Must not have low back pain conditions such as lumbar spondylosis, herniated disc, spondylolisthesis, previous spine surgery, currently pregnant, experiencing neurological symptoms or other muscular abnormalities
• Unable to assume the exercise starting position
• Current use of lidocaine patches or prescription pain medicine

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Leaderboard group

Experimental group

Description:

The group that has access to weekly leaderboards and on-demand videos.

Treatment:

Other: Leaderboard

Take-home packet group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group that has access to paper take-home packets.

Treatment:

Other: Take-home packet