Motor Control Exercises vs Standard Exercises in Unspecific Low Back Pain

December 14, 2015 updated by: Gustavo Plaza Manzano, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Motor Control Exercises vs Standard Exercises in Patients With Unspecific Low Back Pain

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the effects of motor control exercises and standard exercises in the pain, incapacity and medicine intake of subjects with unspecific low-back pain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Eighty-four subjects with unspecific low-back pain were randomly recruited for the present study. The subjects were randomly allocated into control group (who received one hour of standard physiotherapy exercises every days during ten days) or intervention group (who received one hour of control motor exercises every days during ten days). One month after finishing these ten days, patients should perform a home-based exercises program during two months (control group performed home-based standard physiotherapy exercises; intervention group performed home-based motor control exercises). Pain (visual analogic scale), incapacity index (Roland Morris questionnaire) and medicine intake (diary) were evaluated before the intervention, one month and three months after ending the first ten days of intervention.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

84

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • subjects should be independent to walk
  • subjects should have unspecific low back pain during at least the last two months
  • subjects should have had at least two recidives of low back pain within the last year

Exclusion Criteria:

  • subjects with concomitant pathologies that impede the performance of exercises
  • pregnants
  • subjects with oncologic pathologies
  • subjects with cognitive alterations that impede the understanding of the tests

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Motor control exercises
One group should perform motor control exercises
Behavioral: Motor control exercises
exercises to strength the lumbar musculature and control the posture
Active Comparator: Standard exercises
the other group should perform standard physiotherapy exercises
Behavioral: Standard exercises
general exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in pain level from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a visual analogic scale.
Time Frame: The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention
Visual analogic scale
The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in incapacity index from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with the Roland Morris questionnaire.
Time Frame: The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention
Roland Morris questionnaire
The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention
Change in medication intake from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a diary that subjects should complete.
Time Frame: The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention
diary
The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 9, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 14, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

December 17, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 17, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 14, 2015

Last Verified

December 1, 2015

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CI 10/374

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