The Effect of Grinberg Method (GM) Intervention on Low-back Pain (LBP) and Improving the Quality of Life

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Low Back Pain (LBP)

Treatments

Behavioral: Grinberg Method

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01474447

TASMC-11-SB-541-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the research is to check the efficiency of practicing the tools of the Grinberg method (GM) in reducing Low-back Pain (LBP), reducing limitations in movement as a result of the pain, and improving the general quality of life.

The hypothesis suggests that by learning to perceive pain differently, the level of pain will reduce and general well-being improved.

Full description

The research will include 140 patients, who attended the pain clinic due to chronic LBP. Any change in the pharmacological regimen will be done with consult of the tending doctor and the change will be reported.

Tools and Methods A patient, whom volunteers to take part in the research, will be invited to the Ichilov Pain clinic in order to fill-in questionnaires and sign an informed consent form.

Each participant in the experiment group will participate in a series of 6 sessions lasting 1 hour each, extending between 6 to 8 consecutive weeks, with one of the qualified GM practitioners partaking in the experiment. Each participant will have all their sessions with the same GM practitioner throughout the experiment. Immediately after the last session, the participants will fill-in the same questionnaires given at the beginning of the experiment. The non-GM intervention group will answer the questionnaires after 6-8 weeks of pharmacological treatment only.

Questionnaires:

General Details and Pain Questionnaire
SF-MPQ Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire, Ronald Melzack
RMDQ - Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire
SF 36 - The Short Form Health Survey

Enrollment

140 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Women and men, age range 18-65; patients of the Ichilov Pain clinic, who suffer from chronic LBP that lasts over 3 months and that appears several times a week.
LBP which is localized between the 12th rib and the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain. The LBP may be non-specific, mechanical or radicular.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with malignancy and/or other life threatening conditions
Diabetic patients
Patients with fibromyalgia
Pregnancy
Paralysis
Patients with obesity
Patients that underwent organ transplantation
Severe osteoporosis
Patients that are scheduled to receive spinal cord injections during the research
Patients that received less than 4 weeks before the research, other pain interventions than the standard of care treatment such as: alternative medicine (acupuncture, shiatsu, massage, reflexology, homeopathy etc'); physiotherapy, chiropractic, hydrotherapy, bio-feedback, osteopathy and others.
Patients with severe mental disorders (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies etc')
Pain lasting less than 3 months