Cost- Effectiveness of a Face-to-Face Rehabilitation Program vs an Telemedicine Program in Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT04266366 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CE-IP00562
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 540
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Perform a cost-utility analysis in patients with chronic low back pain through electroanalgesia treatment and exercises administered by telemedicine program versus face-to-face program

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low back pain; Electroanalgesia; McKenzie Method; Telemedicine; Study protocol for a Randomized clinical trial

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ).

  This is a self-reported questionnaire consisting in 24 items reflecting limitations in different activities of daily living attributed to low back pain including walking, vending over, sitting, lying down, dressing, sleeping, self-care and daily activities.Ranging from 0 points- better to 24 points- worse disability

  At baseline, at 8 weeks and at 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Change from baseline in disability. Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Idex.

  At baseline, at 8 weeks and at 6 months.

• Change from baseline in pain intensity. Visual analogue scale.

  At baseline, at 8 weeks and at 6 months

• Change from baseline in Fear of Movement. Tampa Scale of kinesiophobia.

  At baseline, at 8 weeks and at 6 months

• Change from baseline on Quality of Life. SF-36 Health questionnaire.

  At baseline, at 8 weeks and at 6 months

• Change from Mcquade Test

  At baseline, at 8 weeks and at 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Face-to Face rehabilitation program

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Electroanalgesia therapy and the McKenzie exercise protocol will be applied by six therapists with more than 10 years of experience. This program will be developed in the rehabilitation service of the study health centers. Patients will perform the treatment 3 times per week, for 4 weeks, with a total of 24 sessions

Other: Face-to-Face Rehabilitation program

Telemedicine Program

EXPERIMENTAL

It consists in a support system for the treatment of chronic low back pain based on web technologies. The system can register a subject and provide a treatment of electroanalgesia and exercise through the Mckenzie method. Video applications of electroanalgesia and exercises will be shown to patients who use their computer or mobile device to access the platform through the Internet. The treatments will be recommended by the system based on the database that is configured to accommodate the application of electroanalgesia and McKenzie exercises based on the diagnosis according to the McKenzie method.patients will perform the treatment 3 times per week, for 8 weeks, with a total of 24 sessions

Other: Telemedicine program

Interventions

Face-to-Face Rehabilitation program OTHER

In each hospital, two trained therapists will carry out a face-to-face rehabilitation program consisting of electroanalgesia and an exercise program that follows the Mckenzie method. The physiotherapists place the electrodes in the patients, for this they use 5x9 cm electrodes, which they place at the bilateral paravertebral level, in the patients who present with radicular pain, the electrodes will be placed in the path of the affected nerve. The duration will be sufficient to carry out the Mckenzie protocol. Mckenzie exercises are designed to make changes in the internal periarticular components of the spine.

Face-to Face rehabilitation program

Telemedicine program OTHER

It consists in an e-Health rehabilitation program through a web platform performing electroanalgesia and an exercise program following the Mckenzie method. Patients will be instructed in the use of the TENS device using 5x9cm electrodes at the bilateral paravertebral level, the patients that present radicular pain, the electrodes will be placed in the path of the affected nerve. The realization of exercises will be through the application of an Mckezie protocol. The duration will be the same as that used to carry out the Mckenzie protocol. Mckenzie exercises are designed to make changes in the internal components periarticular of the spine.

Telemedicine Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 67 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Low back pain ≥ 3 months.
• Age between 30 and 67 years old.
• Not being receiving physical therapy.

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of lumbar stenosis.
• Diagnosis of spondylolisthesis.
• Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
• Treatment with corticosteroids or oral medication in recent weeks.
• History of spine surgery.
• Contraindication of analgesic electrical therapy.
• Have previously received a treatment of electrical analgesia or exercise.
• Central or peripheral nervous system disease.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Almeria: lead
• Junta de Andalucia: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Universidad de Almería

Almería, Andalusia, 04120, Spain

Location

Related Publications (12)

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  PMID: 33310802 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez, PhD

  Almería University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Study protocol for a double blinded two-arm randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 7, 2020
• First Posted: February 12, 2020
• Study Start: March 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2022
• Study Completion: October 1, 2022
• Last Updated: November 30, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Locations

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