Multiplanar Lumbopelvic Control in Patients With Low Back Pain

N/ACompletedNCT02089321

Regis University38 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether combined assessment of lumbopelvic control during sagittal and frontal plane motion (using two common clinical observational assessments) discriminates between people with and without LBP than single plane assessment alone. It was hypothesized that the two tests used in combination (multiplanar) would perform better than each test used independently (single planar) in accurately discriminating patient cases from healthy controls.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with LBP Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-70 years old * Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instruction in English * Seeking treatment from a physical therapist for LBP (pain below T12-L1 vertebral segment), prior to initial evaluation (no treatment provided) Matched Controls: Control subjects will be matched for age, gender, and BMI category to patients with LBP. Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instruction in English * No history of LBP during the past 5 years requiring: * \> 3 day absence from work/school/recreation * Clinical Care (MD, DC, DPT, MT) for LBP Exclusion Criteria: Patients with LBP * Pregnancy within past 12 months * Previous spine or hip surgery * Serious spinal or systemic pathology * Inability to transfer from standing to supine to sidelying to prone * Inability to stand \> 20 minutes Matched Controls Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy within the past 12 months * Previous spine or hip surgery * Inability to transfer from standing to supine to side-lying to prone * Inability to stand \> 20 minutes

Locations (1)

Regis University

Denver, Colorado, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Performance on Active Hip Abduction Test

Examiner scores movement pattern (ability to retain lumbopelvic neutral) during performance of active hip abduction in sidelying using an ordinal scale (0-3) with 0-1 considered a negative test and 2-3 considered a positive test.

Time frame: Assessed on data collection day

Performance on Active Straight Leg Raise Test

Participant self-rates degree of difficulty (0-5) to perform active straight leg raise in supine with any non-zero score considered a positive test result.

Time frame: Assessed on data collection day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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