The Effect of Grinberg Method (GM) Intervention on Low-back Pain (LBP) and Improving the Quality of Life

Launched by TEL-AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER · Nov 17, 2011

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ClinConnect Summary

The research will include 140 patients, who attended the pain clinic due to chronic LBP. Any change in the pharmacological regimen will be done with consult of the tending doctor and the change will be reported.

Tools and Methods A patient, whom volunteers to take part in the research, will be invited to the Ichilov Pain clinic in order to fill-in questionnaires and sign an informed consent form.

Each participant in the experiment group will participate in a series of 6 sessions lasting 1 hour each, extending between 6 to 8 consecutive weeks, with one of the qualified GM practitioners par...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Women and men, age range 18-65; patients of the Ichilov Pain clinic, who suffer from chronic LBP that lasts over 3 months and that appears several times a week.
• • LBP which is localized between the 12th rib and the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain. The LBP may be non-specific, mechanical or radicular.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with malignancy and/or other life threatening conditions
• • Diabetic patients
• • Patients with fibromyalgia
• • Pregnancy
• • Paralysis
• • Patients with obesity
• • Patients that underwent organ transplantation
• • Severe osteoporosis
• • Patients that are scheduled to receive spinal cord injections during the research
• • Patients that received less than 4 weeks before the research, other pain interventions than the standard of care treatment such as: alternative medicine (acupuncture, shiatsu, massage, reflexology, homeopathy etc'); physiotherapy, chiropractic, hydrotherapy, bio-feedback, osteopathy and others.
• • Patients with severe mental disorders (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies etc')
• • Pain lasting less than 3 months