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Effectiveness of Adding Behavioral Therapy to Physical Therapy to Treat Low Back Pain

NCT00373867 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2013-01-28

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Summary

Low back pain is a very common problem and the most common cause of job-related disability. While some occurrences of low back pain disappear within a couple of days, other occurrences take much longer to resolve or lead to more serious conditions. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of two behavioral types of therapy in reducing future disability in people who are receiving physical therapy for low back pain and tend to fear and avoid pain.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard physical therapy

Treatment-based classification physical therapy

BEHAVIORAL

Graded exercise

Graded exercise increases an individual's tolerance to activity over time

OTHER

Graded exposure

Graded exposure places the individual in fearful situations and gradually increases their exposure to such situations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Z. George, PT, PhD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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