Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Inelastic and Elastic Lumbosacral Orthoses on Low Back Pain Prevention in Hospital Nurses
Lead Sponsor:
Central South University
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-25 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The main objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy of two different design characteristics of lumbar support for low back pain prevention in hospital nurses.
Detailed Description
Low back pain occurs frequently and is one of the most costly health problems affecting industry and society. Prevention of low back pain is important both for the individual patient and from an econo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female between 20 and 25 years of age
- Subjects who have worked as a nurse less than two years and will continue working as a nurse no less than one year
- Job contents including moving and lifting patients, long-time standing and frequent bending
- Subjects who do not participate any other study concerning pain prevention currently and in the next year
Exclusion
- Subjects who are experiencing low back pain symptoms at the time of inquiry, regardless of acute or chronic, and seeking medical care currently
- Subjects who have experienced 2 or more episodes (on 2 consecutive days) of low back pain symptoms in the 12 months before the inquiry
- Subjects who are suffering from any other chronic pain disorders symptomatically
- Subjects who have used a lumbar support during the last 6 months
- Subjects with specific low back pain (like infection, tumors, osteoporosis, fracture, structural deformity, inflammatory disorder, radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome, spinal stenosis or spondylolysis)
- Subjects who have had a spinal operation
- Subjects who are suffering from chronic cardiac, respiratory, liver and kidney complaint symptomatically
- Subjects who are suffering from diseases that might be aggravated by increased intra-abdominal pressure, like hernia
- Subjects who are suffering from chronic gastrointestinal disorders symptomatically
- Subjects who are pregnant, planning to have a baby in 1 year or less than 6 months after delivery
- Subjects who are suffering from serious somatic disease and/or psychic disease
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
300 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01483222
Start Date
November 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2013
Last Update
October 15 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, China, 410008