Clinical outcomes, cost-effectiveness and implementation of individualised physiotherapy using the Specific Treatment Of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) approach for chronic low back pain in Nigeria: a protocol for a prospective sequential clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite advances in the physiotherapy management of low back pain (LBP) worldwide, studies indicate that there is a large variation in the quality of physiotherapy management for LBP in Nigeria. This clinical trial aims to evaluate the implementation of individualised physiotherapy for chronic LBP in Nigeria using the Specific Treatment Of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) approach.

Methods and analysis

This will be an implementation clinical trial using a non-randomised, prospective, sequential comparison design. One hundred and fifty-four participants with chronic LBP will be recruited at one hospital in Nigeria. In phase I, participants will receive 11 sessions of usual physiotherapy care. In phase II, consenting physiotherapists will undergo training in the impl

SUBMITTER: Danazumi MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12530418 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature