Active Music-Based Intervention for Chronic Low Back Pain
This study is looking at whether an active music-based intervention can help people with chronic low back pain. This intervention involves activities like playing an instrument, singing, or songwriting. Researchers want to see if this approach can improve your cognitive function (how well your brain thinks), sensitivity to stimuli, how you cope with pain (pain catastrophizing behavior), and your overall quality of life. To join, you need to be an adult between 18 and 65 years old with chronic low back pain that has lasted at least 3 months and is mainly in the L4-5 area of your back. The study aims to enroll 40 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This study will compare measurements taken before and after the active music-based intervention. It plans to include 40 participants.
- What's involved
- You will visit the clinic for 5 sessions of assessments and active music-based intervention over 2 weeks. The first visit will include 45 minutes of assessments followed by a 45-minute music intervention.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Cognitive function will be measured twice: before treatment and after 2 weeks, at the end of treatment.
AI-generated from the public study record. Only the study team can confirm whether you're eligible — confirm details with them before making decisions.
Active Music-Based Intervention in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Sharon Wang-Price, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Texas Woman's University
Who to contact
Opens a ready-to-send draft in your own email app — review before sending.
Do you actually qualify for this trial?
Add a private profile and we'll compare every criterion below against your situation — and tell you which ones are met, uncertain, or excluding.
Inclusion
Exclusion
What this trial measures
- Cognitive functionThis outcome measure (SCWT) will be administered twice, before the start of treatment and after the end of treatment at 2 weeks.
Cognitive function will be assessed using the Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT). The SCWT is used to measure a person's attentional interference or the ability to inhibit the interference of a second stimulus while continuing to process an original stimulus. A computerized version of the SCWT via a software program DirectRT (Empirisoft Corp., New York, NY) will be used. The SCWT consists of 3 parts, each containing 24 consecutive stimuli. A reaction time will be computed in software based on the speed of the participant's response.
- Cognitive functionThis outcome measure (CTMT2) will be administered twice, before the start of treatment and after the end of treatment at 2 weeks.
Cognitive function will be assessed using the Comprehensive Trail Making Test - Second Edition (CTMT2). The CTMT2 consists of 5 trails requiring cognitive control between competing stimuli and schemas. Trails 1-3 measure inhibitory control by completing trails with increasing numbers of distractors. Trails 4-5 measure set-shifting by requiring participants to shift between opposing mental sets (i.e., numbers and letters). The test will use standardized instructions.