Open AccessComparing an e-Health program vs home rehabilitation program in patients with non-specific low back pain: A study protocol randomized feasibility trial
Author(s) -
Adelaida María CastroSánchez,
Eduardo Antequera-Soler,
Guillermo A. Matarán-Peñarrocha,
Deirdre A. Hurley,
Jesús Martínez-Cal,
Héctor GarcíaLópez,
Ana María Capel-Alcaraz,
Inmaculada Carmen LaraPalomo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.508
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1878-6324
pISSN - 1053-8127
DOI - 10.3233/bmr-210040
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , rehabilitation , low back pain , quality of life (healthcare) , protocol (science) , intervention (counseling) , health care , trunk , physical medicine and rehabilitation , nursing , alternative medicine , ecology , surgery , pathology , economic growth , economics , biology
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence on the reliability of the web application-based rehabilitation systems to treat chronic low back pain (CLBP). METHODS: This protocol describes a double-blind, randomized controlled feasibility trial of an e-Health intervention developed to support the self-management of people with CLBP in primary care physiotherapy. Three Hospitals with primary care for outpatients will be the units of randomisation, in each Hospital the participants will be randomized to one of two groups, a pragmatic control group receiving either the usual home program based on electrostimulation and McKenzie Therapy and e-Health intervention. Patients are followed up at 2 and 6 months. The primary outcomes are (1) acceptability and demand of the intervention by GPs, physiotherapists and patients and (2) feasibility and optimal study design/methods for a definitive trial. Secondary outcomes will include analysis in the clinical outcomes of pain, disability, fear of movement, quality of life, isometric resistance of the trunk flexors, lumbar anteflexion and lumbar segmental range of motion. DISCUSSION: The specific e-Health programs to home could increase adherence to treatment, prevent stages of greater pain and disability, and improve the painful symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The e-Health programs could be an effective healthcare tool that can reach a large number of people living in rural or remote areas.