Exercise therapy for recurrent low back pain with brain changes
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This trial studies whether a specific exercise program can improve recurrent low back pain by changing activity in muscles and the brain. If you have non-specific low back pain that comes and goes over time, you may be asked to do exercises and undergo brain and muscle testing (including MRI).
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your low back pain started at least 6 months ago and keeps coming back (not brand-new)
- You have at least 2 pain episodes per year; each episode lasts at least 24 hours, with at least 1 month pain-free between episodes
- During an episode, your pain is at least 2 out of 10, and when you’re in remission your pain is 0 out of 10
- Your low back pain is bad enough to limit daily activities and has led a paramedic or (para)medic to be consulted at least once
- Your pain shows a flexion pattern (it responds to bending forward/movement in a consistent way, as assessed by the study)
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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