Reliability of Function Tests for People With Back Pain.

Alessandro Haupenthal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adult; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 6-minute walk test; Diagnostic Test: 10 meters walk test; Diagnostic Test: 30 Second Sit to Stand Test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03645616

2.537.100

Details and patient eligibility

About

Back pain is often accompanied by changes in function. The performance of individuals with their backs on their wills may become more functional. It is believed that the test will present good to excellent reliability in individuals with chronic back pain. From this, it can be used in the clinic to verify the functional capacity of these individuals.

Full description

This study will be performed to verify the reliability of the functional tests for individuals with back pain. A study in which individuals with back pain will be assessed on the first day and after the interval of seven days. They should perform the 6-minute walk test and answer some questionnaires such as the Roland Morris - disability questionnaire, the IPAQ - physical activity level questionnaire and Numeric Rating Scale, after the tests will be performed Timed 10-Meter Walk Test and 30 Second Sit to Stand Test. To avoid a random error, a minimum sample size of 30 participants is required. For statistical analysis, Shapiro-Wilk test will be used for data normalization and the reliability between measurements will be calculated through do Intraclass Correlation Coefficients, standard error of measurement and Minimal Detectable Change. There were no studies in the literature and recorded in the Clinical Trials that evaluated the reliability of these tests for individuals with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both sexes aged 20 to 65 years and low back pain for more than 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Acute pain of back pain that disables the performance of the tests.
• Pregnancy.
• Neoplasms.
• Known heart, lung or metabolic diseases.
• Hypotension (BP < 90 x 60 mmHg) or stage II hypertension (BP > 140 x 90 mmHg), medicated or not.
• Fall or faint in the previous two months.
• Have not undergone any spinal surgery.
• Have not had neuromuscular impairment in the last three months and who need help to follow the instructions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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33 participants in 1 patient group

Functional Tests

Experimental group

Description:

Participants undertook 6-minute walk test, 10 meters walk test and 30 second sit to stand test.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 6-minute walk test

Diagnostic Test: 30 Second Sit to Stand Test

Diagnostic Test: 10 meters walk test