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Occurrence, Diagnosis and Treatment of Neck and Back Pain in Helicopter Pilots.

NCT01788111 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 325

Last updated 2020-03-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project is to investigate the occurrence of neck and back pain in a population of commercial helicopter pilots, and investigate factors related to the profession that can cause these problems. The project has a biological approach assessing the supporting and stabilizing muscles (multifidus) in pilots with chronic back and neck ailments. Pilots with low back problems are invited to a controlled intervention trial to investigate whether one can achieve improved spinal health with a rigid training régime. Primary trial outcome is improved neck and back multifidus muscles pathology and function as assessed by the extent of fat infiltration -as visualized on MRI - and the volume and ability of the lumbar multifidus muscles to contract as shown with ultrasound. The perceived effect on spinal health with sick leave frequency is also evaluated.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Muscular Atrophy

Interventions

OTHER

Low back exercises 1

Excentric / concentric extension type exercises

OTHER

Low back exercise 2

Traditional low back training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helse Stavanger HF

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Jan P Larsen, Prof.Dr.Med · Research Dep. Stavanger University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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