Using the JAPET.W+ lumbar exoskeleton to help rehabilitate non-specific mechanical 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

Adults with nonspecific mechanical low back pain lasting more than six weeks are assigned to either a control group receiving standard physiotherapy or an experimental group that uses the JAPET.W+ exoskeleton during rehabilitation. The program comprises 30 physiotherapy sessions with evaluations at sessions 1, 15, and 30 and a follow-up visit three months after completion. Participants are categorized as "workers" (on temporary work leave) or "non-workers" (unable to work after exhausting treatments) to capture occupational outcomes. The single-center trial at Grand Hôpital de Charleroi excludes patients with specific spinal pathology, neurological deficits, recent spine surgery, serious cardiopulmonary disease, pregnancy, or inability to tolerate the device.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Nonspecific mechanical low back pain for more than 6 weeks,
* 18 years ≤ Age \< 80 years,
* Patient affiliated to the health social security system,
* Patient able to understand the information relating to the study and to sign the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

* Specific low back pain (infectious, inflammatory, tumorous, or traumatic origin),
* Motor neurological deficits (peripheral or central),
* Extrapyramidal syndrome,
* Treatment with implanted neurostimulation,
* Cardiac or circulatory diseases or serious respiratory problems,
* Previous recent arthrodesis or recent lumbar prosthesis surgery,
* Surgery for herniated disc (\<3 months),
* Fracture of the dorsolumbar spine or rib (\<3 months),
* Skin lesions, contusions and stretching injuries of the trunk,
* Pregnancy,
* Individuals not tolerating the JAPET.W+ device during an initial trial,
* Under guardianship, curatorship or legal protection

Where it's running

• Grand Hôpital de Charleroi
  Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Serge TROUSSEL, MD — Grand Hôpital de Charleroi
• Study coordinator: Serge TROUSSEL, MD
• Email: Serge.TROUSSEL@ghdc.be
• Phone: 0032 71 10

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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.