Comparison of the Effectiveness of Conventional Treatment and Patient Education in Addition to Conventional Treatment in Individuals With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

Launched by KIRSEHIR AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITESI · Jun 4, 2025

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Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder that affects approximately 80% of adults. Low back pain causes disability and functional impairment and places a significant burden on national health expenditures. Factors such as trauma, high body mass index, heavy working conditions, and weak abdominal and back muscles can cause low back pain. The most common cause of lower back pain is regional mechanical dysfunction. Rather than a single acute trauma, repetitive, cumulative traumas over time play a significant role. Risk factors such as heavy living and working conditions, poor static ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients diagnosed with chronic low back pain by a specialist physician
• • Patients who have had low back pain for more than six months
• • Patients aged 18 years or older and between 18 and 65 years of age
• • Patients who are not currently receiving any treatment for low back pain
• • Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with a history of surgery or trauma involving the lumbar or thoracic region,
• • Patients who have received treatment for back pain in the past year,
• • Patients with disc pathology, spinal fracture or dislocation, infection, malignancy, previous surgery, metabolic or inflammatory back pain, and neurological loss
• • Patients who refuse to participate in the study or who do not sign the informed consent form