Prognostic Factors of Disabling Low Back Pain in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain; Mechanical Low Back Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02226692

UQTR-2011-PFAC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to quantify the relative contribution of variables obtained during a physical fitness evaluation and a short screening questionnaire in determining the short-term and long term risk of persistent disabling low back pain in patients with chronic low back pain. It has been hypothesized that patients with higher physical fitness will present a lower risk of persistent disabling low back pain and so, a lower score on the questionnaire.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adults between 18 and 60 years old
• nonspecific low back pain : pain located between the twelfth rib and the inferior gluteal fold for which no specific source of pain could be identified
• chronic low back pain : pain present for 12 weeks or more, and included both constant and recurrent patterns of pain
• able to read and understand French

Exclusion criteria

• History of surgery or major trauma to the spine
• Current use of medication known to impair physical effort and pain perception
• Lumbar scoliosis of more than 20°
• Collagenosis, severe osteoporosis
• Neuromuscular disease
• Malignant tumor
• Non-controlled hypertension
• Infection
• Radiculopathy
• Progressive neurologic defect
• Myelopathy
• Lumbar disc hernia
• Pregnancy
• Active lower body injury and/or severe and disabling pain limiting the capacity to undergo the evaluation.

Trial design

53 participants in 1 patient group

nonspecific chronic low back pain

Description:

Physical examination and follow-up assessment by questionnaires at 2, 4, 6, and 12 months