Development of a Tele-Physiotherapy Tool for the Early Management of Muskuloskeletal Pain in People With Visual Impairement (TeleEDxPhysio)

Launched by ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA DE FISIOTERAPIA DE LA ONCE · Jul 26, 2022

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The TeleEDxPhysio clinical trial is studying a new online physiotherapy tool designed to help people with chronic low back pain, especially those who have visual impairments. Chronic low back pain can make it hard for individuals to stay active and enjoy their daily lives, and this trial aims to see if a guided exercise program, combined with health education, can improve movement, strength, and overall recovery better than traditional pain-relief therapies. The researchers believe that this new tele-physiotherapy tool will be particularly helpful for visually impaired individuals, who often face greater challenges with mobility and pain.

To participate in this trial, individuals should be between the ages of 65 and 74 and have experienced chronic low back pain for at least 12 weeks. Eligible participants should have pain that changes with different movements or positions but should not have any serious medical conditions that could complicate their treatment. Those who join the study can expect to engage in an exercise program tailored to their needs, with support from healthcare professionals. This research is important because it could lead to better treatment options for people with low back pain, especially those who are visually impaired, helping them to live more active and fulfilling lives.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Suffer CNSLBP of 12 weeks or more evolution, whose pain location is mainly from T12 to the gluteal folds, with or without referred pain to the lower extremities.
• • Pain that is provoked and relieved by different positions, movements and activities. In other words, mechanical behaviour.
• • Low back pain whose movement behaviours have a clear association with their pain disorder.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Presence of 1 or more red flags (any sign or symptom that warns of the possible presence of a serious medical condition that may cause irreversible disability or death if not treated appropriately).
• • Presence of non-specific low back pain of less than 12 weeks' duration.
• • Diagnosis of specific low back pain by a physician (radicular pain, herniated disc, spondylolisthesis, stenosis, etc.), any lower limb or lumbar spine surgery within the last 3 months, pregnancy, pain without clear mechanical behaviour, active rheumatological disease, progressive neurological disease, severe cardiac or other systemic medical condition, malignant disease, acute osteoarticular trauma, fractures, infections or acute vascular problems.