The Effect of Grinberg Method (GM) Intervention on Low-back Pain (LBP) and Improving the Quality of Life

NCT01474447 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: TASMC-11-SB-541-CTIL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the research is to check the efficiency of practicing the tools of the Grinberg method (GM) in reducing Low-back Pain (LBP), reducing limitations in movement as a result of the pain, and improving the general quality of life. The hypothesis suggests that by learning to perceive pain differently, the level of pain will reduce and general well-being improved.

Conditions

Low Back Pain (LBP)

Keywords

low back pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• pain questionnaires that will assess the improvement on back pain in patients treated with the Grinberg method

  change of pain from baseline and after 8 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Grinberg Method

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Grinberg Method

Interventions

Grinberg Method BEHAVIORAL

The GM is a methodology of attention that teaches through expanding and focusing body attention to create a change and an improvement in pain and in quality of life. The method focuses on the way in which we experience pain, and offers an approach that trains people to use their attention and will in order to turn an unwanted experience that causes suffering, into a controlled experience in which they can take responsibility on the way they react to an existing pain. The method uses attention in order to learn the fixed ways in which we respond to pain in our body: where we focus our attention, what is the level of tension in our muscles, how we breathe and relax and more. It gives simple and effective tools to control all these, in order to create optimal conditions in the body to utilize its natural potential to recover and recuperate

Grinberg Method

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Women and men, age range 18-65; patients of the Ichilov Pain clinic, who suffer from chronic LBP that lasts over 3 months and that appears several times a week.
• LBP which is localized between the 12th rib and the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain. The LBP may be non-specific, mechanical or radicular.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with malignancy and/or other life threatening conditions
• Diabetic patients
• Patients with fibromyalgia
• Pregnancy
• Paralysis
• Patients with obesity
• Patients that underwent organ transplantation
• Severe osteoporosis
• Patients that are scheduled to receive spinal cord injections during the research
• Patients that received less than 4 weeks before the research, other pain interventions than the standard of care treatment such as: alternative medicine (acupuncture, shiatsu, massage, reflexology, homeopathy etc'); physiotherapy, chiropractic, hydrotherapy, bio-feedback, osteopathy and others.
• Patients with severe mental disorders (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies etc')
• Pain lasting less than 3 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Pain Medicine Unit

Tel Aviv, Israel

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Silviu Brill, MD

  Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Silviu Brill, M.D

CONTACT

972-3-6974477; silviub@tasmc.health.gov.il

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 2, 2011
• First Posted: November 18, 2011
• Study Start: December 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-02

Locations

IL (1)