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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Feasibility of Using Functional Progression to Guide the Treatment of Adolescent Low Back Pain

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02861456

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Brief summary

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The goal of the proposed research is to test the feasibility of a functional progression program to reduce cost and possible radiation exposure for adolescent athletes with low back pain. Specifically the investigators plan to test the feasibility of using progression in rehabilitation to pragmatically differentially diagnose and treat adolescent athletes with low back pain, instead of using advanced imaging which is the current practice. The investigators propose to recruit 20 participants, with 10 of usual care (advanced imaging) and 10 of proposed intervention (functional progression) to assess the feasibility of using functional progress to guide treatment. The outcomes measured will be number of days for rest, time to start regular rehabilitation, pain experienced, functional outcomes, ability to return to sport, time needed to return to sport. If this pilot demonstrates the feasibility and a decreased rate of advanced imaging and similar clinical outcomes the investigators plan to progress this work into larger trials.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02861456
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
16 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
12 Years to 19 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jul 31, 2016
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2018
Completion
Jul 31, 2018
Last update posted
Oct 1, 2018

2016 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
4
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
4
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports and Ortho PT East Broad Columbus Ohio 43213
Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports and Ortho PT Dublin Dublin Ohio 43017
Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports and Ortho PT New Albany New Albany Ohio 43054
Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports and Orthopedic PT Westerville location Westerville Ohio 43082

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