Motor Control Exercises vs Standard Exercises in Unspecific Low Back Pain

Universidad Complutense de Madrid84 enrolled

Overview

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.

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

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Motor control exercisesBEHAVIORAL

exercises to strength the lumbar musculature and control the posture

Standard exercisesBEHAVIORAL

general exercises

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in pain level from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with a visual analogic scale.

Visual analogic scale

Time frame: The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Change in incapacity index from baseline at one month and three months after the intervention, measured with the Roland Morris questionnaire.

Roland Morris questionnaire

Time frame: 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.

diary

Time frame: The day before beginning the intervention, one month and three months after the first ten days of intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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