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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615001270505
ACTRN12615001270505
Completed
Not Applicable

In patients with low back pain, does general spine and body conditioning, compared to manual therapy, improve intervertebral disc characteristics?

Deakin University0 sites40 target enrollmentNovember 20, 2015

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
ow back pain
Sponsor
Deakin University
Enrollment
40
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
November 20, 2015
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Key inclusion criteria:
  • \* Low back pain of at least 3 months duration. Can be recurrent intermittent low back pain.
  • \* NRS scale (via telephone): minimum of 2 and maximum of 8
  • \* Aged 25\-45
  • \* Sedentary: Less than 150 minutes moderate to vigorous physical activity per week. Moderate \= make you breathe somewhat harder than normal
  • \* Available to attend up to 3d/week to a facility at either Deakin University or Boronia
  • \* Able to attend during work hours
  • \* Able to attend a 3 hour testing sessions at baseline, 3 and 6 months at Deakin with an additional MRI scan on a different day

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Unable to attend of up to 2 sessions per week of 1 hours over a 6 month period.
  • 2\. Formal organised sport
  • 3\. Gym exercise more than one day a week
  • 4\. Any current parallel treatment
  • 5\. Unable to complete the testing protocol
  • 6\. Spinal pain/treatment exclusions:
  • \* Any other current interventional treatment (aside from seeing GP and/or taking medication)
  • \* Plans at the time of enrolment to undergo invasive treatment (injections or surgery) in the subsequent 6 months
  • \* History of spinal surgery
  • \* Is on a waiting list for spinal surgery

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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