Telerehabilitation-based Exercises vs Standard Home-based Exercise in Low Back Pain
ConditionLow Back Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorUniversity of Valencia
About this trial
The objective of the study is to compare the effect of a telerehabilitation-based exercise program, versus a home therapeutic exercise program scheduled through a dossier and an exercise diary, with respect to disability (measured using the OSWESTRY questionnaire) and other variables (range of motion, strength, fatigue, histological changes, pain, medication intake, psychosocial factors and adherence), in patients with low back pain.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Nonspecific subacute or chronic low back pain
Disqualifiers
Neuropathic pain
Pain below the knees
Pain in legs with tingling, sensation of current or sensory alterations
Positive neurological tests. Lack of strength, sensitivity or altered reflexes
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Exercise supported by the digital physiotherapy and telerehabilitation software TRAK
Other intervention8 week home therapeutic exercise program that includes flexibility and strength exercises scheduled through the software a digital physiotherapy and telerehabilitation. The program will be carried out with a frequency of 3 weekly sessions, preferably on alternate days. The program will be carried out with the support of the TRAK software (https://www.trakphysio.com/es/), which allows the exercises to be carried out in front of a camera that, with the help of an artificial intelligence system, offers feedback to the participant and allows you to keep a record of the sessions. As an addition to the home sessions, two face-to-face sessions will be held in the first and fifth weeks, respectively. The exercise program includes three levels of difficulty (easy, intermediate and difficult), with patients advancing to subsequent levels once each level is successfully overcome.
Standard home-based exercise
Other intervention8 week home therapeutic exercise program that includes flexibility and strength exercises scheduled through a dossier and an exercise diary. The program will be carried out with a frequency of 3 weekly sessions, preferably on alternate days. The program will be carried out with the support of an information dossier of the exercises to be performed and a monitoring diary in which everything related to the sessions carried out will be noted.. As an addition to the home sessions, two face-to-face sessions will be held in the first and fifth weeks, respectively. The exercise program includes three levels of difficulty (easy, intermediate and difficult), with patients advancing to subsequent levels once each level is successfully overcome.
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Telerehabilitation-based exercisesExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard home-based exerciseActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Disability
Disability measured using the Oswestry Disability Index
Time frame
8 weeks measurement (post intervention)Secondary outcomes
1
Disability
Disability measured using the Oswestry Disability Index (range score from 0 \[less disability\] to 100 \[more disability\])
Time frame
Baseline; 32 weeks measurement (24 weeks post intervention)2
Range of movement (Schober score)
Range of movement measured using the modified Schober score (a higher score is an indicator of better range of movement)
Time frame
Baseline; 8 weeks measurement (post intervention); 32 weeks measurement (24 weeks post intervention)3
Range of movement (Finger floor distance test)
Range of movement measured using the Finger floor distance test (a lower distance is an indicator of better range of movement)
Time frame
Baseline; 8 weeks measurement (post intervention); 32 weeks measurement (24 weeks post intervention)4
Extensor low back muscle strength
Extensor low back muscle strength measured using the Biering-Sorensen test (a higher score is an indicator of better strength)
Time frame
Baseline; 8 weeks measurement (post intervention); 32 weeks measurement (24 weeks post intervention)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov