Effects of a Physiotherapy Exercise Program to Change Spinal Movement and Reduce Low Back Pain in Schoolboy Rowers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: ow Back Pain; Low Back Pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000565246
• Lead Sponsor: eo Ng

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Presence of specific causes of Low Back Pain (LBP) such as inflammatory diseases or abnormal cell growth (such as cancer), unexplained weight loss and/or neurological signs

Past medical history including specific diagnoses for LBP disorder such as disc prolapse with radicular pain, severe scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, previous spinal surgery, musculoskeletal injury of the extremities in the previous six weeks

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self reported Low Back Pain (LBP) on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). This scale will collect pain information on rowers during functional activities on the week prior to data collection.[The self reported pain will be recorded during the initial data collection period (Time 0). Following this initial assessment, rowers in the intervention group will receive treatment and the control group will continue their normal rowing training. Eight weeks following initial treatment, the self reported pain will be collected again (Week 8 follow up) and then again 12 weeks after initial assessment.]