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Motor Learning for the Lumbar Spine Using Sensor-based Postural Feedback: a Randomized Controlled Trial

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Hasselt University

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: Control group
Other: Mirror feedback
Other: Sensor-based postural feedback

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02773160
AcuteLearningEffects

Details and patient eligibility

About

A large subgroup of patients with chronic non-specific low back pain have motor control impairments. During motor control exercises, different forms of external feedback can be used to support training. This randomized controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness of different forms of external feedback during the learning phase of a motor control task for the lumbar spine in healthy subjects and patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP). Both healthy subjects and patients with CNSLBP will be randomized into three groups: one group will receive feedback from motion sensors, one group from a mirror and one group will receive no feedback (control group). A single session intervention with measurements at baseline and immediately post-intervention will be used.

Enrollment

80 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Chronic non-specific low back pain
  • Age 18-65
  • Able to understand Dutch

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects that received lumbar stabilization exercises in the past year
  • Spinal surgery in the past
  • Pregnancy
  • Serious underlying pathologies (e.g. multiple sclerosis, tumors,...)
  • Signs or symptoms of nerve root involvement
  • Any physical condition at the moment of testing that can interfere with activities of daily living (e.g. serious knee pain)
  • Known skin-allergy for tape
  • BMI > 30kg/m²

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

80 participants in 3 patient groups

Sensor-based postural feedback
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will receive visual feedback on a computer screen while practicing the motor control task. The feedback is based on information from from motion sensors that mointor the movements of the lumbar spine
Treatment:
Other: Sensor-based postural feedback
Mirror Feedback
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will receive feedback from a mirror while practicing the motor control task
Treatment:
Other: Mirror feedback
control group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Subjects will receive no feedback while practicing the motor control task
Treatment:
Other: Control group

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Annick Timmermans, prof. dr.; Thomas Matheve, drs.

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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