Back School for Non-specific Low Back Pain (LBP) in an Urban Setting

The Effect of an 8-session Back School Versus a Single, Abbreviated Session When Looking at Non-specific Low Back Pain in an Urban Setting

This study will be a comparative design between 2 groups of subjects attending classes on back education in an urban setting. Participants will be randomized to either an individual one-on-one back school session or to the 8 group sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants 18 years of age or older who have been suffering from non-specific LBP for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Additional impairments contraindicating their safe participation in the back school program, such as evidence of spinal cord pathology, cauda equina, progressive neurological damage, infection, inflammation, malignancy, fracture or a progressive, neurodegenerative disease as well as back surgery within the past year