App aims to keep back pain patients moving after rehab
NCT ID NCT06517342
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at what motivates or prevents people with chronic low back pain from using a health app to stay physically active. Researchers will interview 25 patients to understand their needs and expectations. The goal is to learn how to design better digital tools that help maintain the benefits of in-person rehabilitation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward better ways to help people with chronic low back pain stay active after rehabilitation, using a smartphone app.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study (25 people) that only gathers opinions, not proof that the app works. The findings may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2025
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.
Who is studied
Patients will be contacted in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department of Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital for a presentation of the study. They will be given an information leaflet and time to reflect on their participation. If the patient agrees to take part, the EAPA will schedule an appointment to complete the non-objection form. A semi-structured interview will be scheduled in an office on the PRM ward, in order to meet the study objectives. Again, the objectives of the study will be stated, as well as the instructions for this structured interview. Questionnaires will be submitted and completed only after the interview. Data will be collected on a dictaphone and then manually transcribed into text format (verbatims) during the interview by a second operator. An a posteriori analysis will be carried out using the qualitative method. The interview guide is likely to be adapted according to the first individual interviews, as required by the qualitative method.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Major patients * Chronic non-specific low-back pain. * Diagnosis confirmed according to HAS definition (i.e. pain located between the thoraco-lumbar hinge and the lower gluteal fold. It may be associated with radiculalgia corresponding to pain in one or both lower limbs at the level of one or more dermatomes). Patients included in the study must have given written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not meeting HAS diagnostic criteria * Patients with comprehension difficulties (making it impossible to fill in questionnaires) * Patients with medical contraindications to physical exercise * Patients under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice. * Patients without a smartphone
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, France
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