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ED Physical Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain

NCT04921449 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2025-10-14

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Summary

Emergency department (ED)-initiated physical therapy is a rapidly growing resource and represents a promising treatment approach to low back pain. This clinical trial will evaluate an innovative model of an emergency department "embedded" physical therapist to treat patients with acute low back pain, with a focus on improving patient functioning and reducing opioid use.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

ED Physical Therapy

All ED Physical Therapy treatment classifications involve a combination of exercise, range of motion, education, prognostic guidance, and reassurance. Patients are provided with an individualized home exercise plan based on their matched treatment classification and/or active rest.

OTHER

Usual Care

Includes any diagnostic imaging, patient education and reassurance, and administration or prescribing of analgesic medications, as per the treating physician's usual and customary practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Howard S Kim, MD MS · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-12
Primary Completion
2024-10-03
Completion
2025-07-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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