NCT04364243

Pilot Study on Digitally Supported Home Exercises for the Management of Unspecific Low Back Pain.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overall purpose of the study is to investigate effect of Digitally Supported Home Exercises (DSHE) in different groups for which digitally supported interventions could be beneficial. Balance is altered in individuals with low back pain and requires intervention Thus, the investigators will focus on the effect of DSHE to improve postural balance.

Detailed description

The investigators want to investigate whether a digitally supported exercise program can improve the balance of people with non-specific lower back pain. During the exercise program, a computer game at home is controlled with the help of sensors attached to the body. Second aim is to record the daily activities of the participants and compare them with the back pain. The 120 participants in this study will be divided into four groups (A, B, C and D). In groups A and B 20 patients are included who are in treatment for chronic back pain and receive Medical Training Therapy (MTT). For groups C and D the investigators will invite each 40 participants who have back pain but are not in treatment for their back pain. Only participants in groups A and C receive the digitally supported home exercise program. Who gets the training program is randomized using stratified block randomization. The balance of all participants is measured four times. Between the 2nd and 3rd measurement the digitally supported exercise program is carried out. Between the 3rd and 4th assessement, participants in group A and C can exercise as much as they wish. The person who carries out the balance tests will not be informed which participant is in which group.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Digitally supported home exercises	The training will comprise of 9 sessions (3 weekly) Each of the training sessions will last 20 minutes. This will result in a cumulative total intervention exercise time of 180 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-20
• Primary completion: 2020-10-23
• Completion: 2020-10-23
• First posted: 2020-04-28
• Last updated: 2021-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland