Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) for chronic non-specific low back pain

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This is a randomized, sham-controlled trial at the Clínica Escola de Fisioterapia da UFBA in Salvador enrolling 42 adults aged 18–55 with chronic non-specific low back pain. Participants are randomized to receive real GPR or a simulated (sham) GPR session for 30 minutes once a week over 8 weeks. Outcomes will include measures of pain and postural control, with descriptive statistics reported as means and standard deviations. Key exclusions include recent acute lumbar pain, extruded or sequestrated disc herniation, prior spinal prosthesis surgery, active cancer, and significant sensory or cognitive impairments.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults aged between 18 and 55 years with chronic non-specific low back pain,
* Participants who voluntarily agree to participate and sign the Free and Informed Consent Form,
* Participants who have never done any treatment with the GPR method, and
* Participants who have not been undergoing physiotherapy treatment for at least 2 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with pain lumbar acute, or it is, with symptoms gifts there is less of dose weeks, what carried out blocking medicinal in the column us last six months;
* Patients with hernia of disk of type extruded and/or kidnapped;
* Patients in possess or be in investigation of any kind of neoplasia;
* Patients who have undergone any type of surgery with placement of any type of prosthesis in the spine;
* Intellectual or sensory disability that prevents them from understanding commands or describing symptoms;
* Patients who have a significant change in tactile sensitivity that prevents them from reporting any symptoms;
* Patients who have any type of vestibular changes;
* Serious pathologies of the spine;
* Amputation of upper or lower limbs;
* Spinal Cord Injury;
* Low back pain with sacroiliac irradiation; any type of rheumatic diseases, such as: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and others;
* Patients that be performing or carried out last two months any type of conservative treatments, such as: Acupuncture, hydrotherapy, manual therapy, Pilates, conventional physiotherapy, and others; and
* Patients who have travel plans in the coming months.

Where it's running

• Clínica Escola de Fisioterapia da UFBA - CEF/UFBA
  Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: KAREN V TRIPPO, PhD, PT — Federal University of Bahia
• Study coordinator: Ramon J Santos, Master, PT
• Email: ramonjesus@ufba.br
• Phone: +5571987495136

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.