Comparing an e-Health program vs home rehabilitation program in patients with non-specific low back pain: A study protocol randomized feasibility trial

Author:

Castro-Sánchez Adelaida María1,Antequera-Soler Eduardo1,Matarán-Peñarrocha Guillermo Adolfo2,Hurley Deirdre A.3,Martínez-de la Cal Jesús1,García-López Héctor1,Capel-Alcaraz Ana María1,Lara-Palomo Inmaculada Carmen1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nursing, Physical Therapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, Spain

2. Andalusian Health Service, Family Medicine and Primary Care, Distrito Sanitario Málaga, Spain

3. School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is little evidence on the reliability of the web application-based rehabilitation systems to treat chronic low back pain (CLBP). METHODS: This protocol describes a double-blind, randomized controlled feasibility trial of an e-Health intervention developed to support the self-management of people with CLBP in primary care physiotherapy. Three Hospitals with primary care for outpatients will be the units of randomisation, in each Hospital the participants will be randomized to one of two groups, a pragmatic control group receiving either the usual home program based on electrostimulation and McKenzie Therapy and e-Health intervention. Patients are followed up at 2 and 6 months. The primary outcomes are (1) acceptability and demand of the intervention by GPs, physiotherapists and patients and (2) feasibility and optimal study design/methods for a definitive trial. Secondary outcomes will include analysis in the clinical outcomes of pain, disability, fear of movement, quality of life, isometric resistance of the trunk flexors, lumbar anteflexion and lumbar segmental range of motion. DISCUSSION: The specific e-Health programs to home could increase adherence to treatment, prevent stages of greater pain and disability, and improve the painful symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The e-Health programs could be an effective healthcare tool that can reach a large number of people living in rural or remote areas.

Publisher

IOS Press

Subject

Rehabilitation,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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