New rehab approach aims to get back surgery patients moving faster
NCT ID NCT07378735
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new early rehabilitation program for people who have had lumbar spinal fusion surgery for low back pain. The program combines conversation-based education with graded physical activity, starting two weeks after surgery. Researchers will include 12 participants and track their progress on personal goals, pain, and activity levels over three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- early rehabilitation therapy combining Socratic dialogue and graded activity
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a better way to recover after spinal fusion surgery, helping patients return to daily activities sooner.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 12 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The therapy is behavioral, so individual responses may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
The investigators will in total include 12 patients undergoing an LSF from the Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases at Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Before inclusion, a pilot of three participants will be performed. Inclusion Criteria for all included: * ≥ 18 years of age * Low back pain (LBP) \> 3 months * Read and understand the Danish language * The participants should be a part of Frederiksberg Municipality and Copenhagen Municipality (in Denmark) Exclusion Criteria: * Post-traumatic vertebral compression/deformity * Patients with the following conditions (infection, neoplasm, metastasis, metabolic bone disease, fractures or other known autoimmune arthropathies) * Patients with patient-related circumstances (physical or mental status) that impede their ability to give informed consent and adhere to the study program (e.g., dementia, developmental disorders, or substance-induced cognitive impairment) * Other special conditions, where the patient is judged by the surgeon as inappropriate to participate
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
RECRUITINGGlostrup Municipality, 2600, Denmark
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