Acute Low Back Pain: Causes, Mechanisms, Treatment and Followup
ALBP
Labour Triggered Acute Low Back Pain: Origin, Mechanisms, Causes of Pain, Evaluation of Treatment and Followup
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate acute low back pain, its origin, mechanisms, the cause of pain, evaluation of treatments and development. Employees from a large local manufacturing company are sent for a complete orthopedic and pain evaluation immediately after onset of acute low back pain. Thereafter, the included patients are allocated either to the advice to stay as active as possible in spite of the pain or to adjust their activity to the pain. Pain intensity and physical activity are followed prospectively over seven days using a diary and a pedometer.
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 Mar 2005
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2005
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2008
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 5, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 7, 2015
CompletedAugust 11, 2015
August 1, 2015
3.8 years
August 5, 2015
August 10, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Acute low back pain
Pain intensity is assessed from a numerical graphic scale, ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (pain as bad as it can be); the patients complete the scale each day in a diary
7 days
Physical activity
The patients wear a pedometer attached to the hip and annotate the number of daily steps each day in a diary
7 days
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Work absenteeism and sick leave
7 days
Study Arms (2)
Stay active
EXPERIMENTALReceive the advice by the physician to stay as active as possible in spite of the pain experienced
Adjust activity
EXPERIMENTALReceive the advice by the physician to adjust the activity according to the pain, i.e. to avoid activities, movements or positions that cause or worsen the pain
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Severe acute low back pain, duration within 24h after onset, pain exceeds 50mm on the visual analog scale (VAS)
You may not qualify if:
- Sick-leave because of low back pain or in spine in the last month
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (1)
Olaya-Contreras P, Styf J, Arvidsson D, Frennered K, Hansson T. The effect of the stay active advice on physical activity and on the course of acute severe low back pain. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2015 Aug 27;7:19. doi: 10.1186/s13102-015-0013-x. eCollection 2015.
PMID: 26322232DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tommy Hansson, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 5, 2015
First Posted
August 7, 2015
Study Start
March 1, 2005
Primary Completion
December 1, 2008
Study Completion
December 1, 2008
Last Updated
August 11, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-08