Overview
The study will include patients suffering from nonspecific mechanical low back pain for more than 6 weeks. Two groups will be compared. A Control group and an Experimental group with the exoskeleton JAPET.W
Description
The study will include patients suffering from nonspecific mechanical low back pain for more than 6 weeks. The study will consist of two groups: a control group (Group CTRL) and an experimental group (Group EXP). Participants will be categorized into two categories: "workers," patients on temporary work leave due to low back pain, and "non-workers," patients unable to work due to this condition after exhausting all available therapeutic solutions.
Monitoring period (30 physiotherapy sessions): evaluations will be conducted at sessions 1, 15 and 30, on the two groups. Evaluation session 3 months after the end of the physiotherapy sessions.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Nonspecific mechanical low back pain for more than 6 weeks,
- 18 years ≤ Age \< 80 years,
- Patient affiliated to the health social security system,
- Patient able to understand the information relating to the study and to sign the informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- Specific low back pain (infectious, inflammatory, tumorous, or traumatic origin),
- Motor neurological deficits (peripheral or central),
- Extrapyramidal syndrome,
- Treatment with implanted neurostimulation,
- Cardiac or circulatory diseases or serious respiratory problems,
- Previous recent arthrodesis or recent lumbar prosthesis surgery,
- Surgery for herniated disc (\<3 months),
- Fracture of the dorsolumbar spine or rib (\<3 months),
- Skin lesions, contusions and stretching injuries of the trunk,
- Pregnancy,
- Individuals not tolerating the JAPET.W+ device during an initial trial,
- Under guardianship, curatorship or legal protection
