NCT02062918

Abdominal Belt Use to Treat Low Back Pain

Effectiveness of Abdominal Belt for the Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of an abdominal belt in the treatment of chronic mechanical-postural low back pain. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out, involving 60 consecutively selected patients with chronic low back pain randomly allocated to an intervention group (use of abdominal belt) and control group (non-use of abdominal belt). Patients were evaluated at the baseline of the study (T0) as well as 1 (T1), 3 (T3) and 6 months (T6) after the inclusion. The patients were assessed for: pain (VAS); functional capacity (Roland Morris), patient satisfaction (Likert scale); and number of anti-inflammatory pills ingested. Intention-to-treat analysis was also used. Hypothesis - abdominal belt will improve pain in chronic low back pain patients

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Abdominal belt

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2013-02-01
• First posted: 2014-02-14
• Last updated: 2014-02-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil