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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2019

App-based multidisciplinary back pain treatment versus combined physiotherapy plus online education: a randomized controlled trial.

Thomas R Toelle, Daniel A Utpadel-Fischler, Katharina-Kristina Haas, Janosch A Priebe

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 99 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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99citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04784793 nacompletednot on this map

A Mobile App for Postural Alignment Exercises in Cervical and Thoracic Spine Regions: Design, Development, Usability and Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorMarmara UniversityRan2018 to 2020Enrolled40ConditionsDevelopment and Design of Mobile App, Preventive Physiotherapy, Exercise Adherence, Cervical and Thoracic SpineArmsApp-based group, Control group
NCT05571124 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Implementation of a Web-based Workplace Exercise Intervention in the Reduction of Spinal Pain in Sedentary Administrative Personnel: Protocol of a Mixed Methodology Study.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversitat de LleidaRan2023 to 2024Enrolled66ConditionsBack Pain, Sedentary BehaviorArmsTherapeutic Exercise Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Models of care for managing non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas R Toelle *1Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4470-5531
Daniel A Utpadel-Fischler *2Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Center of Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0809-0242
Katharina-Kristina Haas3Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Rise-uP Project of Innovationsfonds, Munich, Germany.
Janosch A Priebe3Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Rise-uP Project of Innovationsfonds, Munich, Germany.
Munich University of Applied Sciences · DEMunich School of Philosophy · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-specific low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading causes of global disability. Multidisciplinary pain treatment (MPT) programs comprising educational, physical, and psychological interventions have shown positive treatment effects on LBP. Nonetheless, such programs are costly and treatment opportunities are often limited to specialized medical centers. mHealth and other digital interventions may be a promising method to successfully support patient self-management in LBP. To address these issues, we investigated the clinical effects of a multidisciplinary mHealth back pain App (Kaia App) in a randomized controlled trial (registered at German Clinical Trials Register under DRKS00016329). One-hundred one adult patients with non-specific LBP from 6 weeks to 1 year were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. In the intervention group, the Kaia App was provided for 3 months. Control treatment consisted of six individual physiotherapy sessions over 6 weeks and high-quality online education. The primary outcome, pain intensity, was assessed at 12-week follow-up on an 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS). Our per-protocol analysis showed no significant differences between the groups at baseline (Kaia App group:

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