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Cognitive Functional Therapy Compared to Cognitive Patient Education and Physiotherapy for Patients With Low Back Pain

NCT03952741 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2019-05-16

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Summary

Background: There is a need for projects that link work closer to the rehabilitation chain to further understand risk factors for sick-leave. The new aspect of this project is that it combines work place intervention with individualized physiotherapy, based on validated standardized tests and a classification based treatment system.

Aim: The aim is to expand the knowledge and understanding of complex causes of musculoskeletal pain, particularly low back pain (LBP). The main aim is to examine if cognitive functional therapy (CFT) can further reduce sick-leave and pain, and increase function and well-being.

Material and methods: To ensure good recruitment we have collaboration with the Department for Health and social services in the county of Bergen, which has a sickness absence above average among their health workers.

We will invite those with LBP problems to be included in an RCT and receive CFT in a physiotherapy clinic (usually offered 5 to 12 visits). The comparison group will receive a series with cognitive patient education and physiotherapy (COPE-PT) given by a physiotherapist. All participants will be followed by their workplace leaders. All patients who enter the RCT will be re-examined at 3 and 12 months and the predictors for sick-leave, function and coping in different sub-groups of patients with NSLBP will be studied.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bergen

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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