Exercises and soft-tissue work for chronic low back pain
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether a combination of guided movement exercises and “fascial manipulation” (hands-on work on soft tissue) can help people with long-lasting low back pain. It may be an option if your back pain has not improved with non-surgery treatments or if you have post-surgery back pain.
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Who can take part
- You have had low back pain for a long time (chronic), or pain after low back surgery.
- Your low back pain is currently being treated without surgery (non-operatively), or is post-surgery pain.
- You can join a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program at the University Hospital of Oulu.
- You have not had a specific known cause identified that would explain your low back pain (or you don’t have a condition that leads to that exclusion).
- You have not previously had fascial manipulation treatment for this problem.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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