Short-Term Effects of PT on Physical Activity

NCT02823756 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 17852
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The primary purpose is to examine the impact that physical therapy (PT) interventions, including manipulations, have on physical activity levels outside of the clinical environment in persons with low back pain (LBP) as measured both objectively with an accelerometer and subjectively with questionnaires. The secondary purpose is to determine if a relationship exists between objective physical activity, self-perceived disability pain catastrophizing thoughts, BMI, age, six-minute walk distance, lower extremity muscle endurance. The tertiary purpose is to assess the predictive value that a standing manual lumbar unloading technique has for relief of pain following manipulation

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Motor Activity; Chronic Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Physical Activity Levels

  Accelerometer issued to subject at the initial data collection session and then data collected and downloaded one week later. Subject receives the intervention session, then is reissued the accelerometer. Subject returns the accelerometer one week after this intervention session with data that reflects physical activity levels that are after the intervention session

  2 weeks

Other Outcomes (1)

• Visual Analog Scale

  1 day

Study Arms (1)

Physical Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment arm: manipulation, exercise, and education

Procedure: Physical Therapy

Interventions

Physical Therapy PROCEDURE

Exercise, education, spinal manipulation

Physical Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \. Patient referred to outpatient PT with a LBP related diagnosis
• \. LBP without radiating pain distally to the knee \> 3 months in duration
• \. Ability to read and write in English or Spanish
• \. Age between 18 and 70 years
• \. Able to ambulate independently without assistive devices
• \. Access to a computer or cell phone with an email address and/or the ability to receive short text messages

You may not qualify if:

• \. No previous diagnosis, radiological evidence, or clinical signs and symptoms of instability, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, fracture, tumor or metastases to the spine
• \. No clinical indication of nerve root pathology such as: straight leg raise less than 45 degrees, asymmetric lower extremity deep tendon reflexes, lower extremity muscle strength deficits or radiating pain, numbness or tingling below the knee
• \. No surgical or biological fusion to the spine
• \. No previous spinal surgery
• \. No known diagnosis of osteoporosis or rheumatoid arthritis
• \. No use of oral steroids within the past 6 months
• \. No epidural injection over the previous 4-weeks to the lumbar spine region
• \. No current litigation, workman's compensation or disability claim for a low back injury
• \. No known pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Texas Woman's University: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Brewer W, Swanson BT, Roddey TS, Adewale H, Ashmore C, Frerich J, Perrin C, Ortiz A. A pilot study to determine the effect of one physical therapy session on physical activity levels for individuals with chronic low back pain. BMC Res Notes. 2017 Dec 6;10(1):691. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-3006-x.

  PMID: 29208007 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Motor Activity; Chronic Pain

Interventions

Physical Therapy Modalities

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapeutics; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Wayne A Brewer, PhD

  Texas Woman's University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2016
• First Posted: July 6, 2016
• Study Start: March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2016
• Study Completion: April 1, 2016
• Last Updated: July 6, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share