Classification-Directed Treatment of Low Back Pain
Summary
The primary purpose of this proposal is to conduct a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial to examine whether or not treatment based on a person's direction-specific, impairment-based LBP classification is more effective than Non-specific treatment in improving short- (6 weeks) and long-term (6 and 12 months) outcomes in people with chronic LBP. A secondary purpose is to identify the prognostic factors that contribute to outcomes in the 2 treatment groups. We hypothesize that treatment based on a person's direction-specific, impairment-based LBP classification will result in better outcomes than Non-specific treatment. Our approach to classification-directed treatment is based on the proposal that a person's LBP is the result of adopting direction-specific strategies of movement and alignment of the spine which then are used repeatedly during the person's everyday activities. The exposure of spine tissue to repeated loading in the same direction across a day is proposed to accelerate the accumulation of stress, microtrauma, and eventually LBP. We also hypothesize that until the factors contributing to the use of the direction-specific strategies of the spine are modified, the LBP problem will persist or recur. Identification of homogeneous subgroups of people with LBP will enhance 1) the power of clinical trials, 2) prognosis, and 3) the ability to identify mechanisms contributing to different LBP problems.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Intervention
Classification-directed treatment, Non-specific treatment
Location
Washington University
Saint Louis
Missouri
United States
63108
Status
Active, not recruiting
Source
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00802724
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
A condition of persistent pain and discomfort in the BACK and the LEG following lumbar surgery, often seen in patients enrolled in pain centers.
Pain, Intractable
Persistent pain that is refractory to some or all forms of treatment.
Withholding Treatment
Withholding or withdrawal of a particular treatment or treatments, often (but not necessarily) life-prolonging treatment, from a patient or from a research subject as part of a research protocol. The concept is differentiated from REFUSAL TO TREAT, where the emphasis is on the health professional's or health facility's refusal to treat a patient or group of patients when the patient or the patient's representative requests treatment. Withholding of life-prolonging treatment is usually indexed only with EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE, unless the distinction between withholding and withdrawing treatment, or the issue of withholding palliative rather than curative treatment, is discussed.
Viscosupplementation
A therapeutic treatment typically involving INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTIONS of HYALURONIC ACID and related compounds. The procedure is commonly used in the treatment of OSTEOARTHRITIS with the therapeutic goal to restore the viscoelasticity of SYNOVIAL FLUID, decrease pain, improve mobility and restore the natural protective functions of hyaluronan in the joint.
Khellin
A vasodilator that also has bronchodilatory action. It has been employed in the treatment of angina pectoris, in the treatment of asthma, and in conjunction with ultraviolet light A, has been tried in the treatment of vitiligo. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1024)
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