Trial reportEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2014
A multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme improves disability, kinesiophobia and walking ability in subjects with chronic low back pain: results of a randomised controlled pilot study.
Trial report in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02884466 (Comparison of Two Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Interventions in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain - A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 51 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of Two Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Interventions in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain - A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.
- Advances in physiotherapy for chronic low-back pain: a level I systematic review.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing the Impact of Interdisciplinary Multimodal Pain Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Pooled it
- Is dynamic balance impaired in people with non-specific low back pain when compared to healthy people? A systematic review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A Mixed Comparison of Interventions for Kinesiophobia in Individuals With Musculoskeletal Pain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Indexes for motor performance assessment in job integration/reintegration of people with neuromuscular disorders: A systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Posterior-Chain Resistance Training Compared to General Exercise and Walking Programmes for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain in the General Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Multi-Modal Therapies for Kinesiophobia Caused by Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Cognitive-behavioural treatment for subacute and chronic neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- A multidisciplinary pain management program for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, single-blind, controlled, feasibility study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- The effect of video exercise-based telerehabilitation on clinical outcomes, expectation, satisfaction, and motivation in patients with chronic low back pain.Irish journal of medical science · 2022Trial
- Is physiotherapy integrated virtual walking effective on pain, function, and kinesiophobia in patients with non-specific low-back pain? Randomised controlled trial.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017Trial
- Postural sway changes and quality of life measures in older women with chronic low back pain.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationships between multisite musculoskeletal pain, pain characteristics, and physical function: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Combined with Exercise in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Active and passive physical therapy in patients with chronic low-back pain: a level I Bayesian network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Article
- Development of a standardized tool for memory-induced kinesiophobia among patients with trauma-related recurrent shoulder instability.JSES international · 2025Article
- The association of pain phenotype and providing caregiving with depressive symptom trajectory for older adults: a longitudinal analysis using the health and retirement study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the effect of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme on disability, kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, pain, quality of life and gait disturbances in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).
methodsThis was a parallel-group, randomised, superiority-controlled pilot study in which 20 patients were randomly assigned to a programme consisting of motor training (spinal stabilising exercises plus usual-care) and cognitive-behavioural therapy (experimental group, 10 subjects) or usual-care alone (control group, 10 subjects). Before treatment, 8 weeks later (post-treatment), and 3 months after the end of treatment, the Oswestry Disability Index, the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, a pain numerical rating scale, and the Short-Form Health Survey were assessed. Spatio-temporal gait parameters were also measured by means of an electronic walking mat. A linear mixed model for repeated measures was used for each outcome measure.
resultsThe programme had significant group (p = 0.027), time (p < 0.001), and time-by-group interaction (p < 0.001) effects on disability, with the experimental group showing an improvement after training of about 61 % (25 % in the control group). The analyses of kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, and the quality of life also revealed significant time, group, and time-by-group interaction effects in favour of the experimental group, and there was a significant effect of time on pain. Both groups showed a general improvement in gait parameters, with the experimental group increasing cadence significantly more.
conclusionThe multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme including cognitive-behavioural therapy was superior to the exercise programme in reducing disability, kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, and enhancing the quality of life and gait cadence of patients with CLBP.
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