Cost-effectiveness of exercise programmes to prevent low back pain and falls (I): low-frequency vibratory exercise

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dorsalgia; Chronic low back pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN31946666
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Extremadura (Spain)

Brief Summary

2011 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21687923 (added 21/08/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-10-14
• Study Completion: 2010-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with chronic low-back pain (CLBP) without major neurological alterations
2. Patient assessed by Pain Unit in Extremadura
3. Diagnosis of chronic low back pain (CLBP) according to International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9)
4. CLBP episodes for more than six months
5. Informed consent
6. Aged 40 to 70 years, male and female

Exclusion Criteria

1. Other major disease
2. Regular physical activity more than one day a week in the last 5 years
3. Any drug intake that may affect balance significantly - to avoid external influences

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Measured at baseline, three months, and one year:<br> 1. Socio-sanitary costs<br> 2. Functional and psychological disability in CLBP (using Roland-Morris questionnaire and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire [FABQ])<br> 3. Health-related quality of life (using the EuroQoL questionnaire [EQ-5D]) and their utilities to health economic analyses<br> 4. Fitness and neuromuscular function (using the tests of Sorensen, Ito-Shirado, straight leg raising and balance with Biodex Balance Platform)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Measured at baseline, three months, and one year:<br> 1. Health related quality of life measured using the 36-item short form health survey (SF36) and the 15-D instrument<br> 2. Grade of satisfaction with programme<br> 3. The Start Back Tool (SBST) instrument to evaluate unspecified low back pain<br>