Unique ID issued by UMIN | C000000269 |
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Receipt number | R000000340 |
Scientific Title | Effect of Home Exercise for chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2005/10/28 |
Last modified on | 2005/10/28 12:21:43 |
Effect of Home Exercise for chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Low back pain Exercise Therapy (LET) Study
Effect of Home Exercise for chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Low back pain Exercise Therapy (LET) Study
Japan |
chronic low back pain
Orthopedics | Rehabilitation medicine |
Others
NO
To examine the effect of home-based exercise for chronic low back pain.
Efficacy
Confirmatory
Pragmatic
Phase III
Assessment of pain: VAS
Assessment of disability: JLEQ (Japan Low-back pain Evaluation Questionnaire) and RDQ (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire)
Assessment of impairment: Finger- floor distance
Interventional
Parallel
Randomized
Open -no one is blinded
Active
Central registration
2
Treatment
Medicine | Maneuver |
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
20 | years-old | <= |
65 | years-old | > |
Male and Female
The patients satisfying the following conditions (1)-(4) are included.
(1) Outpatients aged 20-65 years old. Both men and women are able to join the trial.
(2) Patients who have had low back pain lasting more than 3 months. The symptom is chronic and no obvious neurological deficit. A chronologic fluctuation of the pain is not considered if the pain itself continues more than 3 months.
(3) Low back pain is defined as the back ache occurring between the L1 spinal process and the gluteal sulcus.
(4) The patient satisfying the following conditions:
1. Leg raising angle (by SLR maneuver) is less than 70 degrees.
2. There is no sensory deterioration by a superficial sensory examination.
3. The muscle strength in the lower limb is more than 4 by the Manual Muscle Testing (MMT).
4. The FNST (femoral nerve stretch test) is negative.
(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.
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1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Hiroshi Yamamoto |
The Japanese Orthopaedic Association
Chief Director
Hongou 2-40-8, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
03-3816-3671
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Tsutomu Iwaya |
National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
Training Center
4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, JAPAN
04-2995-3100
iwaya@rehab.go.jp
The Japanese Orthopaedic Association
None
Self funding
The Japanese Clinical Orthopaedic Association
The Japanese Society for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
NO
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