Low Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Conditions
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALStrength training
Specific strength training exercises for the lumbar and abdominal muscles for 8 weeks
BEHAVIORALUsual care (control)
Will receive the usual care at the hospital
Sponsors
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
University of Valencia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Low back pain intensity | change from baseline to 8-week follow-up | Low back pain intensity (VAS 0-10) |
| 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 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Use of analgesics | change from baseline to 8-week follow-up | Number of days using analgesic within the last week |
| Roland-Morris disability | change from baseline to 8-week follow-up | The Roland-Morris disability questionnaire |
| Pain sites | change from baseline to 8-week follow-up | Number of pain sites |
| Handgrip strength | change from baseline to 8-week follow-up | Maximal force (kg) in handgrip |
| Muscle endurance | change from baseline to 8-week follow-up | The Biering-Sørensen test |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed