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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN19334317
ISRCTN19334317
Completed
N/A

Army Low Back Training Study

Royal Netherlands Army (The Netherlands)0 sites129 target enrollmentOctober 11, 2004

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Royal Netherlands Army (The Netherlands)
Enrollment
129
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

  1. 2004 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15535881 2. 2008 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18675396 (added 11/06/2019)
Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 11, 2004
End Date
December 31, 2005
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Royal Netherlands Army (The Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Military employees of the RNLA between the age of 18 and 54 years
  • 2\. At least 4 weeks of continuous or recurrent (at least three times a week) episodes of low back pain (LBP) pain localised
  • 3\. Between posterior iliac crests and angulus inferior scapulae
  • 4\. Availability to visit the local military health centre two times a week during 10 consecutive weeks
  • 5\. No more than two sessions of absence due to job\-related activities (e.g. military exercise, course, leave)
  • 6\. Willingness to abandon other treatment interventions for the lower back during the intervention period
  • 7\. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Spinal surgery in the last 2 years
  • 2\. Specific treatment for LBP in the last 4 weeks (e.g. physiotherapy, manual therapy)
  • 3\. Severe LBP which hinders in performing maximal isometric strength efforts
  • 4\. Specific LBP, defined as herniated disc, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis
  • 5\. Neurological diseases

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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