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Digital Care Program for Chronic Low Back Pain Versus Conventional Physical Therapy: a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Digital program and Conventional physical therapy for Chronic Low-back Pain. Completed, enrolled 140 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
New ways of delivering care are much needed to address chronic low back pain. Crucially, these need to: a) address the three pillars of care to achieve good and sustained clinical outcomes; b) overcome barriers to access; c) ensure patients are engaged throughout the programs; d) be scalable and cost-efficient. SWORD Health has developed a digital care program to address these needs. This study aims to assess the clinical outcomes of this rehabilitation program versus conventional physical therapy.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients in the digital intervention group will benefit from an 8-week program composed of therapeutic exercise, education and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program provided by SWORD Health. These patients will be referred to SWORD Health by the investigator who identified the candidate. SWORD Health will then assign a physical therapist to each patient. The physical therapist will contact the patient for onboarding and will manage the case.
Patients in this group will benefit from a 8-week program consisting of two 30 min face-to-face physical therapy sessions per week in an outpatient clinic setting, for a total of 16 sessions. The program will follow the protocol outlined in Annex 3, which can however be adapted by the physical therapist to the specific needs of the participant. Participants in this group will be considered as dropouts if they: a) choose to abandon the study; b) miss four consecutive scheduled physical therapy sessions.