Group Hydrotherapy Treatment for Athletes With Lower Back Pain
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interventional
50
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The effect of group hydrotherapy on chronic low back pain and function among athletes will be examined.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable low-back-pain
Started Jun 2025
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 28, 2025
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 25, 2025
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2025
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2026
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2026
CompletedJune 25, 2025
June 1, 2025
7 months
January 28, 2025
June 19, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
change in Visual analog scale
assessing pain on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (most sever pain). Higher scores means worse outcome.
base line, up to 8 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (1)
change in forward flexion distance test
base line, up to 8 weeks
Study Arms (2)
Hydrotherapy
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will undergo hydrotherapy in addition to regular physical therapy
control
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants will go through regular physical therapy treatments
Interventions
regular physical therapy treatments
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Athletes who complain of low back pain for over 3 months,
- VAS\>3
- train more than 5 times a week.
You may not qualify if:
- acute back pain
- neurological signs (decreased muscle strength, decreased reflexes, radiating to the leg).
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Gali Darlead
- Wingate Institutecollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Wingate institue
Netanya, Israel
Related Publications (1)
Peretro G, Ballico AL, Avelar NC, Haupenthal DPDS, Arcencio L, Haupenthal A. Comparison of aquatic physiotherapy and therapeutic exercise in patients with chronic low back pain. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2024 Apr;38:399-405. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2023.10.006. Epub 2024 Jan 16.
PMID: 38763585BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Prof. Dar , researcher, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Haifa
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 28, 2025
First Posted
March 25, 2025
Study Start
June 1, 2025
Primary Completion
January 1, 2026
Study Completion
January 1, 2026
Last Updated
June 25, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-06
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
- Time Frame
- data will be shared 6 months following the completion of the study
- Access Criteria
- The principal investigator will share the IPD and supporting information with the therapist performing the intervention.
outcome measurement results will be shared between therapists performing the study and the principal investigator. protocol, results and conclusion will be published via professional paper without patients details.