Assessing Safety and Treatment Efficacy of Running On Intervertebral Discs (ASTEROID)
- Conditions
- Chronic low back painMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12622001276741
- Lead Sponsor
- Deakin University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Adults (>18 years) with non-specific (no known specific pathology) chronic (>12 weeks) low back pain (pain located between the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain).
Exclusion criteria will include: (a) history of spinal surgery, spine trauma (e.g. fracture or car accident), cauda equina symptoms, known structural scoliosis requiring surgical consultation, symptomatic radiculopathy (diagnosed via medical professional or leg pain greater than back pain), inflammatory spondyloarthropathies, or non musculoskeletal causes of low back pain (e.g. infection), (b) inability to communicate in English, (c) pregnancy, lactating or <1 year postnatal, (d) current or prior elite athletes (member of Australian Institute of Sport, State Institutes or Academies of Sport or the national squad of any sport), (e) any absolute contraindications for magnetic resonance imaging, (f) any absolute contraindication for exercise training, (g) participation in running or sport that involves running in the last three months (>1 session per month), (h) experienced a lower limb injury in the last six weeks, (i) deemed higher risk of adverse event due to physical activity per the Adult Pre-Exercise Screening System, (j) unable to access a smartphone with a cellular internet connection.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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