Status:
COMPLETED
Training Therapy for the Prevention of Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Medical University of Vienna
Conditions:
Back Pain
Lower Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Work place related (lower) back pain in medical personnel is limiting to workability. Even though occupational prevention programs are increasingly established, data on the effectiveness of training ...
Detailed Description
Work place related pain syndromes of the (lower) back pose a major health problem for medical personnel. Beside the discomfort and limitations of the affected patients, a severe restriction of their a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- subjects must have suffered from (low) back pain for at least 6 days in the last month, without treatment by a doctor or feeling in need of treatment.
- subject reported pain should reach the level of 3 or more on the numeric rating scale of 0-10 (0 equals no pain and 10 represents the strongest imaginable pain) \[Larsen et al, 2008; Blagsted et al., 2008\].
- protocol documenting pain and work disability/limitations daily for a month must be completed
- written consent after completed patient education by a physician must be given
Exclusion
- (one or more of the following)
- in order to rule out generalized musculoskeletal disorders, subjects should report discomfort or pain in no more than 3 different body parts
- arterial hypertension and cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction within the last year and / or cardiomyopathy NYHA III and IV.
- symptomatic, lumbar disc herniation with associated neurological deficits
- specific spinal diseases as potential underlying reason for a back pain syndrome including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, manifested osteoporosis with St.p. vertebral fractures, tumors.
- St.p. traumatic damage of spine, pelvis or femur in the last 6 months
- insufficiently healed surgical wounds in any body area
- imminent musculoskeletal, spinal, hip or knee surgery
- chronic infectious diseases
- diagnosed mental illness
- previous severe trauma with permanent Musculoskeletal dysfunction
- pregnancy prior to study entrance examination
- no written consent to the study
- less than 1 year before retirement or planned job change within one year
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
33 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03393429
Start Date
November 1 2017
End Date
February 1 2019
Last Update
October 20 2020
Active Locations (1)
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University Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine
Vienna, Austria, 1090