New combo therapy aims to ease stubborn back pain
NCT ID NCT07202533
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding special pain education to exercise can help people with long-term lower back pain that involves a sensitized nervous system. Twenty adults with chronic back pain will receive motor control exercises with or without pain neuroscience education. Researchers will measure changes in pain, movement, fear of activity, and quality of life.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteers who agree to participate in the study * Having a history of non-specific low back pain lasting at least 3 months * Having a pain intensity score of 3 or higher on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) within the last week * Scoring ≥28 on the Turkish version of the Central Sensitization Inventory. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with radicular symptoms or cauda equina syndrome * Severe osteoporosis * Spondyloarthropathy * Spondylolisthesis * Lumbar spinal stenosis * Lumbar fractures * Malignant tumors * Severe comorbidities (neurological, neuromuscular, cardiac, or psychiatric disorders) * Individuals who have undergone spinal surgery * Individuals who are familiar with motor control exercises or who have previously received pain neuroscience education
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hacettepe University
Ankara, Karabük Province, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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