A Study Protocol Comparing a Home Rehabilitation Program Versus e-Health Program in Low Back Pain

A Study Protocol Randomised Feasibility Trial Comparing a Home Rehabilitation Program Versus e-Health Program on Disability, Pain, Fear of Movement, Quality of Life and Spinal Mobility in Non-specific Low Back Pain

The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of providing an e-Health rehabilitation program through a web platform performing electroanalgesia and an exercise program following the McKenzie Method for patients with chronic low back pain in primary care, compared with the same home rehabilitation program but without the support of an electronic program.

A double blind clinical trial will be developed in a sample of 80 subjects with chronic low back pain. Patients will receive 3 weekly sessions of electroanalgesia and an exercise program for 8 weeks, for a total of 24 sessions. The aim is to analyze the effectiveness of a home rehabilitation program vs a web platform program on disability, pain, fear of movement, quality of life, resistance of the trunk flexors, lumbar mobility in flexion and muscular electrical activity.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Low back pain ≥ 3 months.
• Age between 30 and 67 years old.
• Score ≥ 4 points on the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire.
• Not being receiving physical therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of lumbar stenosis.
• Diagnosis of spondylolisthesis.
• Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
• Treatment with corticosteroids or oral medication in recent weeks.
• History of spine surgery.
• Contraindication of analgesic electrical therapy.
• Have previously received a treatment of electrical analgesia or exercise.
• Central or peripheral nervous system disease.
• Agoraphobia