Back pain breakthrough? study tests if education boosts physio results
NCT ID NCT07017647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared standard physiotherapy (electrotherapy, heat, exercises, massage) to the same physiotherapy plus patient education for chronic low back pain. Forty adults with pain lasting over six months took part. The goal was to see if learning about pain causes, proper posture, and safe movements could further reduce pain and disability.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- patient education
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that teaching people about their back pain and how to manage it improves outcomes beyond standard physiotherapy alone.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The added benefit of education may be modest.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with chronic low back pain by a specialist physician * Patients who have had low back pain for more than six months * Patients aged 18 years or older and between 18 and 65 years of age * Patients who are not currently receiving any treatment for low back pain * Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of surgery or trauma involving the lumbar or thoracic region, * Patients who have received treatment for back pain in the past year, * Patients with disc pathology, spinal fracture or dislocation, infection, malignancy, previous surgery, metabolic or inflammatory back pain, and neurological loss * Patients who refuse to participate in the study or who do not sign the informed consent form
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kırşehir Ahi Evran University
Kırşehir, Kırşehir, 40100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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