Key result
Trial evaluates if McKenzie method plus motor control exercises improves fear-avoidance beliefs in back pain.
Why the study?
Evidence regarding the combined effects of motor control exercises and the McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy on psychological outcomes in chronic low back pain is limited.
Does adding the McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy to motor control exercises improve fear-avoidance beliefs in adults with chronic low back pain?
Population
48 adults aged 20–50 years with chronic low back pain
Comparison
Motor control exercises plus MDT vs motor control exercises alone
Design
Single-blind two-arm parallel-group superiority randomized controlled trial protocol
Authors
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This trial protocol outlines a study to determine if adding the McKenzie method to motor control exercises improves psychological outcomes such as fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain.
RCT (n=48)
Single-blind
Parallel
Does adding the McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy to motor control exercises improve fear-avoidance beliefs in adults with chronic low back pain?
This trial protocol outlines a study to determine if adding the McKenzie method to motor control exercises improves psychological outcomes such as fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain.
Jousheqan et al. (2026) conducted an RCT in Chronic low back pain (n=48). Motor control exercises combined with the McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) vs. Motor control exercises alone was evaluated on Fear-avoidance beliefs. This study is a protocol for a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate whether adding the McKenzie method to motor control exercises improves fear-avoidance beliefs in chronic low back pain.