Status:

COMPLETED

Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) Compared With Core Training Exercise and Manual Therapy (CORE-MT) in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

Conditions:

Low Back Pain

Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

There is evidence, of a single randomized controlled trial, that CFT is better than combined manual therapy and motor control exercise for chronic low back pain. However, this study had significant me...

Detailed Description

Randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessor, blinded participants and intention to treat analysis. Patients will be evaluated at baseline, 8 weeks, 6 and 12 months after ra...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Aged between 18 and 65 years
  • Low back pain for more than 3 months
  • Disability score of 14% or more on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
  • Being able to walk independently with or without support
  • Understand Portuguese well enough to be able to fill in the questionnaires

Exclusion

  • Main pain area is not the lumbar spine (from T12 to buttocks)
  • Main pain as leg pain (eg: nerve root compression or herniated disc with radicular pain / radiculopathy, lateral and central stenosis)
  • Less than 6 months after lumbar spine, lower limb or abdomen surgery
  • Invasive procedures for pain relief (ex: epidural injection, rhizotomy) in the last 3 months
  • Pregnancy
  • Inflammatory/rheumatological diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Scheuermann's disease)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 6 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 28 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

148 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03273114

Start Date

September 6 2017

End Date

June 28 2020

Last Update

September 9 2020

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Instituto da Coluna

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 13084-759