The aim of this study is to compare two physiotherapy treatments for people who experience persistent low back pain. Many people with back pain have tried standard physiotherapy on the NHS and not experienced meaningful improvements in their pain. However, current approaches tend to focus on strength exercises and often don’t include psychological techniques, which teach patients to think differently and to change the way they react to pain. The two treatments which we will test as part of this treatment both combine physical re-education with psychological techniques and have either been shown to effective for treating other chronic pain conditions or have some degree of proven benefit for low back pain. We aim to measure the change in pain and function after receiving treatment.
This study could be for you if you have experienced low back pain for more than 3 months. If you are interested in taking part, please read the participant information sheet. After reading this sheet, if you are still interested in taking part then follow the link below to an online form. This form will ask you more questions about you and your back pain which the researchers will use to understand if you would be suitable. All information provided through the form in treated strictly confidential and you will hear back within 1 week from the research team.
Please follow this link to the online form. If you would prefer to speak to one of the reserach team instead of completing the online form, then please ring Dr Jen Parker on +44 (0) 161 295 2181 or email us at health-bepko@salford.ac.uk explaining that you would like someone to ring you back about the BELOW back pain study.
This study will close to recruitment in June 2025.