NCT03040310

Personalized Back Rx Exercise Program as a Treatment for Discogenic Low Back Pain

Personalized Back Rx Exercise Program With Coaching, Social Support, and Sensor-assisted Assessments as a Treatment for Discogenic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The prevalence and disability associated with discogenic low back pain are significant, and there is a general lack of widely accepted conservative treatments for the condition. A majority of previous studies that have assessed the efficacy of self-directed exercise-based rehabilitation programs did not include comprehensive metrics to confirm whether participants actually participated in the exercises prescribed. In this pilot study, the investigators hope to determine whether proxies of compliance with a daily, self-directed rehabilitation program for discogenic low back pain are correlated with participant-reported improvements in pain and function. The feasibility of a mobile interface designed to help patients with chronic low back pain track the daily management of their conditions will also be evaluated.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Back Rx program	The Back Rx program can be viewed via a smartphone app.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2017-02-02
• Last updated: 2018-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States