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Pre-surgery Physiotherapy for Patients With Specific Low Back Pain

NCT02454400 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 197

Last updated 2019-08-13

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Summary

The aim is to study if pre-surgery physiotherapy improves function, pain and health in patients with specific low back pain scheduled for surgery. Patients are followed over a two year period. A secondary aim is to study what factors predict short and long term outcomes.

Conditions

  • Lumbar Spine Disc Herniation
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spondylolisthesis, Grade 4

Interventions

OTHER

Pre-surgery physiotherapy

Physiotherapy guided intervention twice a week for nine weeks. The program includes: 1. Active physiotherapy according to a treatment based classification: 1. Specific exercises and mobilization 2. Motor control exercises 3. Traction 2. Tailor-made general supervised exercise program 3. Behavioral approach to reduce fear avoidance and increase activity level. 4. Standardized information about: 1. the surgery 2. post-surgery rehabilitation 3. to stay active

OTHER

Waiting-list

Standardized information about: 1. the surgery 2. post-surgery rehabilitation 3. to stay active

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ostergotland County Council, Sweden

    collaborator OTHER

  • Linkoeping University

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Birgitta Öberg, professor · Div Physiotherapy, department of Health and Science, Linkoping University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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