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Behavioural Intervention

Healthy Controls for Lower Back Pain

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Sharon Wang-Price, PhD
Research Sponsored by Texas Woman's University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Additional criteria for asymptomatic healthy adults include no existing LBP and no LBP in the past year. Additional criteria for patient participants include existing LBP near the L5-S1 level with an average pain intensity score ≥ 2/10 in the past 24 hours (numeric pain rating scale of 0-10, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain).
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 8 seconds, 5 repetitions during one visit
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Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare combined tactile stimulation and verbal instruction to verbal instruction only on lumbar multifidus muscle activation in asymptomatic healthy adults and in patients with LBP.

Eligible Conditions
  • Lower Back Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~8 seconds, 5 repetitions during one visit
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 8 seconds, 5 repetitions during one visit for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Electromyographic (EMG) amplitude

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Low Back PainExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Effects of tactile stimulation on lumbar multifidus activation in adults with LBP.
Group II: Healthy ControlsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Effects of tactile stimulation on lumbar multifidus activation in healthy adults without LBP.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Texas Woman's UniversityLead Sponsor
86 Previous Clinical Trials
5,840 Total Patients Enrolled
Sharon Wang-Price, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorTexas Woman's University
1 Previous Clinical Trials
75 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Effects of Tactile Stimuli for Lumbar Multifidus Muscle Activation in Healthy Adults and Patients With Low Back Pain
Sharon Wang-Price 2014. "Effects of Tactile Stimuli for Lumbar Multifidus Muscle Activation in Healthy Adults and Patients With Low Back Pain". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02836860.
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