Status:
COMPLETED
An Educational and Exercise Program as Secondary Prevention of Recurrent Lower Back Pain in Healthcare Workers
Lead Sponsor:
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Conditions:
Acute Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
At Lyon University Medical Center, back problems are the leading cause of sick leave. The course of lower back pain is usually relatively short (recovery occurs within 4 to 6 weeks in 90% of cases). H...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All healthcare workers in the 4 hospital sites
- History of acute or subacute lower back pain in the 3 past years
Exclusion
- History of surgery for spinal fractures
- History of lumbosacral arthrodesis
- History of surgical intervention or discal hernia, more than 2 levels or more than twice
- Radiculalgia with sign of motor deficit, or radiculalgia with a positive Lasègue sign
- Eligible for enrollement in a functional restoration program for lower back pain
- Ongoing low back pain (lumbago)
- Psychosocial or behavioural impairment
- Unstable cardiac disease
- Inability to fill out the questionnaires and scales (inability to understand French)
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
351 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00782925
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
December 19 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, France, 69002