UMIN ID: C000000269
Registered date:28/10/2005
Effect of Home Exercise for chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up complete |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | chronic low back pain |
| Date of first enrollment | 2004/11/01 |
| Target sample size | 200 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | Exercise (E) group: After delivering a brochure on low back pain exercise medical professionals directly give a lecture of the exercise. The therapeutic exercise is performed as home exercise. At the same time, proper posture guidance is performed using the form NSAID (N) group: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is prescribed. At the same time, proper posture guidance is performed using the form |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | Assessment of pain: VAS Assessment of disability: JLEQ (Japan Low-back pain Evaluation Questionnaire) and RDQ (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire) |
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| Secondary Outcome | Assessment of impairment: Finger- floor distance |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 20years-old |
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| Age maximum | 65years-old |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | (1) Patient who had operation for lumbar spine in the past. (2) Patient who had spine/spinal cord neoplasm, infection, and fracture (compression fracture) (3) Patient who had severe osteoporosis (more than the III degree in the Jikei Med. Univ. classification) (4) Patient with psychiatric disorder. (5) Patient who had a history with cerebrovascular accident within 6 months before the day of agreement to enter the trial (6) Patient who had a history with myocardial infarction within 6 months before the day of agreement to enter the trial (7) Patient who received treatment for cardiac failure (8) Patient with liver dysfunction (9) Patient with renal dysfunction (10) Pregnant patient. |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | The Japanese Orthopaedic Association |
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| Secondary Sponsor | The Japanese Clinical Orthopaedic Association The Japanese Society for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | None |
| Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Tsutomu Iwaya |
| Address | 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, JAPAN Japan |
| Telephone | 04-2995-3100 |
| iwaya@rehab.go.jp | |
| Affiliation | National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities Training Center |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Hiroshi Yamamoto |
| Address | Hongou 2-40-8, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN Japan |
| Telephone | 03-3816-3671 |
| Affiliation | The Japanese Orthopaedic Association Chief Director |