Effect of Back School and Supervised Walking in Sedentary Women With Chronic Low Back Pain
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
Do Back School and/or supervised walking improve reported pain and spine flexibility in sedentary women with chronic low back pain (LBP)?
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Aug 2002
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2002
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2003
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2004
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 7, 2008
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 5, 2008
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
December 5, 2008
CompletedDecember 5, 2008
December 1, 2008
10 months
November 7, 2008
November 7, 2008
December 4, 2008
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Intensity of Low Back Pain (LBP) Self-Estimated by Visual Analogical Scale (VAS)
Patients were asked to indicate their perception about their LBP intensity with a cross on a line without marks, ranging from 1 (very light pain) through 10 (very strong pain)
6 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Spine Flexibility (3rd Fingertip to Floor - 3FF).
6 months
Study Arms (4)
Back School
OTHERParticipants received weekly sessions of 45 minutes including: 15-minute lectures about basics of spine's anatomy, ergonomics, techniques of lifting and transportation of weights and volumes, body posture in several daily tasks and situations, and spine preventive care; 30 minutes of on-place supervised exercises for posture and spine flexibility (muscle stretching, relaxation, strengthening)
Supervised Walking
OTHERParticipants received weekly sessions of 45 minutes including: 15-minute lectures about basics of physical activity, its advantages and benefits, barriers and facilitators, types and opportunities; 30 minutes of on-place supervised walking in group
Back School and Walking
OTHERParticipants received weekly sessions of 90 minutes including: 30-minute lectures about basics of spine's anatomy, ergonomics, techniques of lifting and transportation of weights and volumes, body posture in several daily tasks and situations, spine preventive care, and about physical activity, its advantages and benefits, barriers and facilitators, types and opportunities; 30 minutes of on-place supervised exercises for posture and spine flexibility (muscle stretching, relaxation, strengthening); 30 minutes of on-place supervised walking in group
Control Group
OTHERParticipants received weekly sessions of 45 minutes including lectures about: stress control, healthy nutrition (2 lectures), sleep hygiene and injury prevention; beside the 2-page folder content this group received no other information about LBP, BS or walking all along the follow-up.
Interventions
Patients were submitted once a week for 5 consecutive weeks to sessions of 45 minutes including: 15-minute lectures about basics of spine's anatomy, ergonomics, techniques of lifting and transportation of weights and volumes, body posture in several daily tasks and situations, and spine preventive care; 30 minutes of on-place supervised exercises for posture and spine flexibility (muscle stretching, relaxation, strengthening)
Patients were submitted once a week for 5 consecutive weeks to sessions of 45 minutes including: 15-minute lectures about basics of physical activity, its advantages and benefits, barriers and facilitators, types and opportunities; 30 minutes of on-place supervised walking in group.
Weekly sessions of 90 minutes including: 30-minute lectures about basics of spine's anatomy, ergonomics, techniques of lifting and transportation of weights and volumes, body posture in several daily tasks and situations, spine preventive care, and about physical activity, its advantages and benefits, barriers and facilitators, types and opportunities
Weekly sessions of 45 minutes including lectures about: stress control, healthy nutrition (2 lectures), sleep hygiene and injury prevention.; beside the 2-page folder content this group received no other information about LBP, BS or walking all along the follow-up.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age range 30 to 60 years old
- LBP without any known organic cause for at least 3 months of duration
- Less than 90 minutes per week of regular physical activity of any intensity
You may not qualify if:
- Any known organic cause of LBP
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Center for Health Promotion - Hospital das Clínicas - FMUSP
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Mario Fereira Junior
- Organization
- Hospital das Clínicas - São Paulo University School of Medicine
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Mario Ferreira Junior, PhD
Hospital das Clínicas - São Paulo University School of Medicine
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 7, 2008
First Posted
December 5, 2008
Study Start
August 1, 2002
Primary Completion
June 1, 2003
Study Completion
March 1, 2004
Last Updated
December 5, 2008
Results First Posted
December 5, 2008
Record last verified: 2008-12