Can doing core exercises at home be as good as going to the clinic for back pain?
NCT ID NCT06895057
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether doing core-strengthening exercises at home through video calls (telerehabilitation) works as well as doing them in a clinic for people with long-term low back pain. Thirty-two adults with chronic back pain took part. Researchers measured pain, quality of life, and endurance to see if the convenient, low-cost home option could be a good alternative to in-person visits.
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Study facts
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- 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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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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May 2026
- 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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25 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * People with chronic back pain between the ages of 25-55 * People with back pain for more than 3 months * Ability to read and understand Turkish * Volunteer to participate in the study * Those with pain intensity above 3 on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Exclusion Criteria: * Not accepting to participate in the study, * Having any pathology that causes back pain (e.g. infections, tumors or rheumatoid arthritis) * Having liver, heart, lung, kidney failure or tumor * Having a history of cerebrovascular disease * Having a neurological disease or skeletal muscle degenerative disease * Using assistive devices * Having cognitive disorders * Being pregnant * Having undergone orthopedic surgery in the last two years * Those with scoliosis
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University
Gaziantep, Şahinbey, 27000, Turkey (Türkiye)
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