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Effects of Basic Body Awareness Therapy on Pain, Sleep, Disability and Quality of Life in Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT05080101 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2023-10-25

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Summary

Chronic low back pain is a common problem worldwide. In treatment, conservative methods usually are used. Basic Body Awareness Therapy is related to mindfulness-based therapies and meditation techniques. It is a method that has been used and found effective in some diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system. Therefore, in this study, body awareness was applied in addition to conventional treatment in patients with chronic low back pain.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low-back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Conventional Therapy Program

Patients in control group (n=14) will receive 40-mins conventional physiotherapy session for 3-days per week, over 6 weeks. Conventional physiotherapy will consist of stretching and strengthening exercises, postural alignment exercises, as well as electrotherapy such as transcutaneous electric magnetic stimulation (TENS) which will be applied to lumbar region with a frequency of 100 Hz, 50-100 μsec current duration for 20 minutes, hotpack which will be applied to lumbar region for 20 mins, and ultrasound application which will be applied to the lumbar region with a Chattanooga Intelect Mobile device at a frequency of 1 MHz, at a dose of 1.5 W/cm2, for 6 minutes using a 10 cm2 head.

OTHER

Basic Body Awareness Therapy Group Program

Patients in study group (n=14) will receive Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) 3 days in a week, over 6 weeks in addition to conventional physiotherapy. BBAT will consist of flexibility exercises and various cognitive exercises in supine, position, sitting position and standing position. These exercises will be consist of exercises such as body scanning, breathing, sound resonance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kaniye Unes, PT · Hacettepe University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-12-01
Primary Completion
2021-10-21
Completion
2022-01-21

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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