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Prevention of Low Back Pain in the Military

NCT00373009 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4325

Last updated 2015-03-17

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Summary

We are studying whether specific back exercise and education programs effectively limit the development of chronic low back pain in Soldiers in the United States Army. These programs represent the current best evidence for prevention of low back pain from an exercise and education perspective. This innovative study will investigate whether a combination of evidence-based exercise and education programs effectively decreases the impact of chronic low back pain, when compared to individual evidence-based exercise and education programs, or a traditionally implemented exercise program.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Army training

As usual training for Soldiers

BEHAVIORAL

Core stabilization exercise only

Core stabilization exercise

BEHAVIORAL

Psychosocial education class only

Psychosocial education class

BEHAVIORAL

Core stabilization and psychosocial education

Includes both core stabilization training and psychosocial education class

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Z George, PT, PHD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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