Psychological Variables in Physiotherapy Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Comparison of Group and Individual Treatment

NCT02138071 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2016-10-06

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to determent whether there is a difference between two types of treatments in physiotherapy (individual vs group) for patients with low back pain (LBP), in terms of their sensation of how they have been helped and their treatments' outcomes measures. The study hypothesizes are: a) Based on the results of literature review which does not reveal a clear difference between group and individual treatments' outcomes for LBP, it is hypothesized that no difference will be found in treatment results for the two types of group treatments in the present study also, b) The assumption is that different distribution of therapeutic factors will be found in the two types of treatments (individual, group), C) Patients' sensation of how they have been helped will be connected to treatment results.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel

    collaborator OTHER
  • Bait Balev Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marina Sigal, MD · Maccabi Health Service

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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