Telerehabilitation exercises versus standard home exercises for 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, parallel-group trial comparing an 8-week home exercise program delivered with the TRAK telerehabilitation platform versus the same exercise program delivered by an exercise dossier and diary. Both groups perform flexibility and strengthening exercises three times weekly, with two brief in-person sessions in weeks 1 and 5; the TRAK group receives camera-based AI feedback and session logging. The primary outcome is disability measured by the Oswestry questionnaire, with secondary outcomes including range of motion, strength, fatigue, pain, medication use, psychosocial factors, adherence and selected histological measures. Eligible participants are adults with nonspecific subacute or chronic low back pain who have basic digital skills and no red-flag spine pathology. The trial is run at the University of Valencia and uses remote monitoring plus two on-site visits.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Nonspecific subacute or chronic low back pain

Exclusion Criteria:

* Neuropathic pain
* Pain below the knees
* Pain in legs with tingling, sensation of current or sensory alterations
* Positive neurological tests. Lack of strength, sensitivity or altered reflexes
* Canal stenosis
* Nociplastic pain (fibromyalgia, generalized pain, emotional lability, affective and cognitive implications)
* Previous lumbar surgery
* Specific pathology (rheumatic, spondylolisthesis, oncological, fractures...)
* Pregnancy
* Performing medium-high intensity exercise of more than 100 minutes a week
* Pathology that prevents exercise (decompensated cardiac pathology, decompensated respiratory pathology, significant mobility difficulties...)
* Lack of digital skills
* Visual problems that prevent exercise with the phone screen

Where it's running

• University of Valencia
  Valencia, Select One, Spain Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Rodrigo Martín-San Agustín, PhD — University of Valencia
• Study coordinator: Rodrigo Martín-San Agustín, PhD
• Email: rodrigo.martin@uv.es
• Phone: +34 963 983 853

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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.