Can text messages help people with chronic low back pain?
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether daily text messages can help people with long-term low back pain stay active and feel better. If you have had back pain for over 3 months and are comfortable using a cell phone, you may be able to join.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have chronic low back pain that has lasted more than 3 months.
- You own a cell phone and know how to send and read text messages.
- You feel confident you can exercise (a short questionnaire will check this).
- You are not currently pregnant.
- You can read, write, and speak French.
- You have not had back surgery in the last year.
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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