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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 9 March 2015
Main ID:  NCT02374970
Date of registration: 19/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation
Public title: Transversus Abdominis Muscular Training and Chronic Low Back Pain
Scientific title: Effectiveness of Transversus Abdominis Muscular Training in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Date of first enrolment: February 2015
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02374970
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:     Edurne Villar-Mateo
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: edurne.villar.mateo@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Edurne Villar-Mateo
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: edurne.villar.mateo@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Edurne Villar-Mateo
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Jordi Gol Institut of Research in Primary Health Care
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years old and over

- Diagnosis of chronic low back pain (over 3 months)

- Sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Non-stand supine position

- Neural Irradiation pain

- Previous surgical intervention in low back region

- Heart pathology

- Pregnancy

- Pending litigation or legal claim

- Poor language and communication skills making difficult to understand the informed
consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Low Back Pain
Intervention(s)
Other: Protocolized Physiotherapy
Other: Lumbar stability exercises
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in transversus abdominis muscle thickness (Ultrasonography) [Time Frame: Baseline, 15 days after, and three months after]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in external oblique muscle thickness (Ultrasonography) [Time Frame: Baseline, 15 days after, and three months after]
Change in internal oblique muscle thickness (Ultrasonography) [Time Frame: Baseline, 15 days after, and three months after]
Change in pain intensity (Visual analogue scale) [Time Frame: Baseline, 15 days after, and three months after]
Disability (Roland-Morris questionnaire) [Time Frame: Baseline, 15 days after, and three months after]
Patient perception of change (Global Rating of Change scale) [Time Frame: 15 days after recruitment, and three months after]
Secondary ID(s)
P14/084
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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