Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:43 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:43 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00624533
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
Participants were required to:
* Be aged 18 years or older;
* Have been diagnosed with simple mechanical LBP by their doctor and prescribed physiotherapy;
* Have an impairment secondary to functional overload and/or poor postural habits (patients with certain occupations were excluded if these could act as confounding factors);
* Not be receiving any other form of treatment;
* Not be neurologically compromised; and
* To be in a subacute or chronic stage of LBP exceeding 4 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects were excluded if they:
* Showed clear symptoms of depression;
* Refused to participate;
* Did not sign the informed consent form;
* Had any cognitive impairment that would prevent them from following instructions;
* Were unable to understand Spanish sufficiently to adequately follow instructions;
* Had the intention of moving from the area;
* Had any form of contraindication to the physiotherapeutic techniques to be applied to both groups;
* Had red flags, or warning signs, of serious illness such as cancer, infection, fracture or cauda equinal syndrome;
* Had yellow flags, or risk factors, for a psychological disorder or had lumbar pain whose main cause was not mechanical.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT00624533
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00624533