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Effects of Close Follow-up on Patients With Low Back Pain

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 65 YearsAllIstanbul Training and Research Hospital
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

This study will include patients aged 18-65 with subacute or chronic mechanical low back pain who apply to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic. The age, gender, body mass index, duration of low back pain, smoking status, and educational status of the patients included in the study will be recorded. Patients will be randomized into two groups: the study group and the control group. First, the psychosocial risk status of patients in both groups will be determined using the STarT Back Screening Tool. Then, patients in the control group will undergo a conventional physical therapy program that includes hot packs, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, ultrasound, and core stabilization exercises. Patients in the study group will undergo daily close follow-up physician-patient meetings during the sessions, in addition to the conventional physical therapy program applied to t

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18-65 with subacute or chronic mechanical back pain and considered appropriate for a physical therapy program. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients describing inflammatory back pain * Spondyloarthropathies and other rheumatological diseases * History of spinal surgery * Patients with sensory disturbances and psychiatric diagnoses * Fibromyalgia * Patients with malignancies * Patients with active infectious findings * Patients with a history of radiotherapy
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What it tests

  • Conventional physical therapy program
  • Close follow-up by a physician
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Where

1 site
Istanbul Training and Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Tรผrkiye)
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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