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Periodized Resistance Training for Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Interventions
Behavioral: 16-week supervised heavy resistance training program with weekly undulating periodization
Registration Number
NCT04284982
Lead Sponsor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Brief Summary

In this study the feasibility is investigated of a 16-week supervised heavy resistance training program with weekly undulating periodization for individuals with persistent non-specific low-back pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria
  • persistent non-specific low back pain with a duration >3 months
  • average low back pain intensity last two weeks >= 4 on numerical pain rating scale (0-10 scale)
  • no experience with heavy resistance training.
Exclusion Criteria
  • previous surgery of the low back
  • radiculopathy
  • structural spinal changes and/or specific spinal conditions that limit function (spinal stenosis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis/spondylolysis, protrusion, structural scoliosis)
  • autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases
  • cardiovascular disease
  • neurological diseases
  • severe osteoporosis.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Heavy resistance training program16-week supervised heavy resistance training program with weekly undulating periodization-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Low back pain intensity on 0-10 Numerical Pain Rating Scale16 weeks

From questionnaire: current pain, pain the last two weeks and pain the last four weeks, scale from 0-10 were 0 equals no pain and 10 equals the worst pain imaginable

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dept of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Trondheim, Norway

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