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Effect of m-health-based core stability exercise combined with self-compassion training for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Zheng Fuming, Xiao Weihui, Yang Jiajia, Liu Shufeng, Zheng Yiyi, Liang Wenjian, Li Yan, Li Zhicheng, Zhang Siyun, Zou Yingmin and 2 more

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Article in Trials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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Zheng Fuming *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Xiao Weihui *Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Yang JiajiaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Liu ShufengDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Zheng YiyiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Liang WenjianDepartment of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Li YanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Li ZhichengDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Zhang SiyunDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Zou YingminDepartment of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Wang YuyinDepartment of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China. wangyuy2@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Wang ChuhuaiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China. wangchuh@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82172532young scientists fund 82002398
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-specific chronic low back pain (NCLBP) has a high incidence, which has a significant impact on a patient's body and mind and is a common condition affecting people's quality of life. Core stability exercise (CSE) is a modestly effective treatment for NCLBP; however, CSE has only been shown to be a useful treatment option in the short term. Many clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of a biopsychosocial framework to guide the management of NCLBP. Self-compassion training (SCT) is a promising psychotherapy treatment option for NCLBP; however, there is still a lack of research on CSE combined with SCT. In this study, we will seek to determine whether CSE combined with SCT is an effective treatment option for patients with NCLBP compared to CSE alone.

methodsIn this study, we will randomize 166 adults with NCLBP to a combined SCT and CSE arm or a CSE alone arm (83 participants per group). Both interventions will consist of four weekly 1.5-h group sessions of CSE supplemented by home practice. The combined group protocol also includes 2 h of SCT before CSE. Interviewers masked to the treatment assignments will assess the outcomes at 4 and 16 weeks post-randomization. The primary outcomes are back pain disability (based on the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire) and pain intensity (NRS; average pain, worst pain, average pain) at 16 weeks. DISCUSSION: If SCT is found to enhance the effectiveness of CSE for patients with chronic back pain, the results of the study may promote the development of mind-body therapies for chronic low back pain.

trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR2100042810 . Registered on 21 January 2021.

Indexed as

Chronic PainLow Back PainTelemedicineAdultBack PainCore StabilityExercise TherapyHumansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf-CompassionTreatment OutcomeNon-specific chronic low back pain, Core stability exercise, Self-compassion training, Mobile health

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