Supervised group exercises in a public pool as a method of chronic musculo-skeletal pain management

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN62210644

Enrollment

150

Registered

2005-09-30

Start date

2003-07-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases: Chronic musculo-skeletal pain Musculoskeletal Diseases Chronic musculo-skeletal pain

Interventions

The project intends to randomly allocate patients referred by their GP for physiotherapy to a treatment group and a control group. The control group will wait three months before the water exercise

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 150 subjects minimum age 18, no upper age limit

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measures will be taken at 3 months to compare control with treatment and again at 6 months to compare both treatment groups. Measures will be Oswestry Disability Index, SF 36, a visual analogue scale for pain, a pain self efficacy questionnaire and a patient satisfaction questionnaire. Questionnaires will be distributed by the physiotherapist at baseline and by post at 3 and 6 months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026