NCT06844825

Telerehabilitation in Managing Chronic Low Back Pain

The Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Versus In-Person Rehabilitation in Managing Chronic Low Back Pain: a Pragmatic Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether telerehabilitation is as effective as in-person rehabilitation in treating patients with chronic back pain in actual clinical practice settings.T he study will recruit eighty-four individuals with chronic LBP, who will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: telerehabilitation (TR) or the control group, who will receive standard clinic therapy. The TR group will be treated remotely via phone calls and the Zoom platform. The intervention program will be customized according to the requirements and abilities of each patient. It will include self-management skills, education and support, including Pain Neuroscience Education , and customized exercises.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain (LBP)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Tele rehabilitation	The experimental group will receive the treatment remotely by ZOOM platform and phone call
OTHER	usual care only	in-person usual care provided by the physical therapist

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-25
• Primary completion: 2025-10-30
• Completion: 2025-12-30
• First posted: 2025-02-25
• Last updated: 2025-02-25