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Patient Education and Motor Control Exercise Among Rural Community-dwelling Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT03393104 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2021-08-20

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Summary

Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally with increasing concern about its impact in low- and middle-income countries like those situated in Africa where most people are living in rural areas with limited access to health care. Epidemiological studies in Nigeria suggest that the burden of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in rural areas is greater than in urban areas, with both biomechanical and psychological factors being implicated. However, despite the burden of CLBP in rural Nigeria, rehabilitation services are lacking even at the rural primary healthcare centers due to the absence of physiotherapists. Current clinical practice guidelines unanimously recommend education including instruction on self-management options, and exercise as frontline interventions to help individuals with CLBP. However, the specific content of these interventions are rarely described. Patient education (PE) strategies incorporating both biomedical and psychosocial information have been shown to be beneficial for CLBP. Moreover, exercises in the form of motor control exercises (MCEs) have been proven to be effective for CLBP. However, RCTs examining the effects of PE and MCE individually or in combination among rural community-dwelling adults with CLBP are scarce.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of PE and MCE program on selected clinical and psychosocial variables among rural community-dwelling adults with nonspecific CLBP.

Conditions

  • Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motor Control Exercise

Activation of specific muscles of the lumbopelvic region responsible for providing stability or control of posture and movement.

BEHAVIORAL

Patient Education

Education aiming to change unhelpful beliefs about LBP, decrease fear avoidance behavior and catastrophic thought, promote positive attitude, self-management, and active coping strategies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aminu A. Ibrahim · Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano. Nigeria

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-03
Primary Completion
2019-10-01
Completion
2020-01-06

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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