Self-paced walking for chronic low back pai

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic low back pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000270617
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Katia Ferrar

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-03-14
• Study Completion: 2018-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

age 18-64 years to align with the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines bracket,with chronic low back pain (current symptoms persisting longer than 3 months) not achieving Australian physical activity guidelines (30-60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity on 5 or more days each week)

Exclusion Criteria

meeting or exceeding current Australian physical activity guidelines; pregnancy (or intended pregnancy for duration of intervention); any other condition deemed as a contraindication to increasing physical activity levels e.g. unstable cardiac conditions (including cardiac medications) or musculoskeletal conditions; predominantly bed-ridden; -previous spinal surgery; medico-legal involvement; unable to speak and understand English fluently; unable to attend all testing sessions

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disability as assessed via the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (mean score)[baseline, completion of intervention (week 8) and 3 months post intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity as measured using 7 day accelerometry (GENEActive) (mean total counts/day)[baseline, end of intervention (week 8) and 3 month post intervention as effectiveness outcome measure<br><br>additional time points week 3 and week 6 of intervention to monitor adherence];exercise capacity as measured using the 6 minute walk test (mean distance walked in m)[baseline, end of intervention and 3 months post intervention];Exercise self-efficacy as measured by the Barriers Self-Efficacy Scale[baseline, end of intervention and 3 months post intervnetion];Health-related quality of life by the RAND-36 questionnaire[baseline, end of intervention, 3 months post intervention ];Pain using a 0-10 numerical rating scale[baseline, end of intervention and 3 months post intervention and ];adherence using a self-report daily walking diary (mean minutes walked/day) [duration of 8 week intervention];Participant satisfaction using questionnaire developed for the study[end of intervention ]