The 6 Minute Step Test in Chronic Low Back Pain

Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07028034

2025-08/89

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study aimed to investigate whether the 6 minute step test could be used as an alternative to the 6 minute walk test for assessing functional capacity in individuals with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with chronic low back pain
• Chronic low back pain for at least the last 3 months
• Being aged 18-65
• Voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Having orthopedic or neurological impairments
• History of surgery due to chronic low back pain in the last 6 months
• Being pregnant
• Participating in regular physical activity in the past 3 months

Trial design

24 participants in 1 patient group

Indıviduals with chronic low back pain