Pre-treatment Factors for the Development of Chronic Pain in Low Back Pain Patients

Aalborg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Standard care initiated by the general practitioner

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03109548

N-20160086

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the project is to associate pre-treatment pain sensitivity level, levels of pain catastrophizing and levels of The Subgroups for Targeted Treatment (STarT) Back Screening Tool in patients with acute low back pain and patients' progression after 12 weeks of treatment by general practitioners.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with low back pain, who have a mobile phone.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs
• Alcohol addiction
• Lack of ability to cooperate
• Surgery to the spine