Effect of Strength Training for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients (IRMA20)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Strength training; Behavioral: Usual care (control)

• Registration Number: NCT03172962
• Lead Sponsor: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Brief Summary

Low back pain (LBP) is common in the population and has great socioeconomic consequences for societies across Europe and the United States. About a third of working-age adults have frequent LBP, and for about 10% the pain becomes chronic with consequences for work and leisure activities. A Cochrane review from April 2017 concluded that physical exercise is an intervention with few adverse events and positive outcomes on pain and function in adults with chronic pain. However, when scrutinizing the specific studies of the review there are large differences in adherence to the exercise interventions and consequently in the results obtained. Thus, there is a need for simple exercises that the patients can easily adhere to.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-31
• Study First Posted: 2017-06-01
• Study Start: 2017-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-01
• Status Verified: 2018-11
• Study Completion: 2018-11-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-11-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

• Non-specific Chronic low back pain patient (more than 3 months) at the hospital Arnau de Vilanova

Exclusion Criteria

• Spine surgery
• neurologic or psyquiatric disorders
• Low back traumastism
• Recent participation in a similar training program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Strength training	Strength training	Specific strength training exercises for the lumbar and abdominal muscles for 8 weeks
Strength training	Usual care (control)	Specific strength training exercises for the lumbar and abdominal muscles for 8 weeks
Usual care (control)	Usual care (control)	Will receive the usual care at the hospital

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Back pain recurrence	1 to 100 days, beginning from the last day of termination of the 8-week intervention	number of episodes with back pain recurrence after termination of the intervention
Low back pain intensity	change from baseline to 8-week follow-up	Low back pain intensity (VAS 0-10)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain sites	change from baseline to 8-week follow-up	Number of pain sites
Use of analgesics	change from baseline to 8-week follow-up	Number of days using analgesic within the last week
Muscle endurance	change from baseline to 8-week follow-up	The Biering-Sørensen test
Roland-Morris disability	change from baseline to 8-week follow-up	The Roland-Morris disability questionnaire
Handgrip strength	change from baseline to 8-week follow-up	Maximal force (kg) in handgrip

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Primary care center of Lliria; 🇪🇸 Lliria, Valencia, Spain