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Acute Low Back Pain: Causes, Mechanisms, Treatment and Followup

NCT02517762 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 99

Last updated 2015-08-11

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate acute low back pain, its origin, mechanisms, the cause of pain, evaluation of treatments and development. Employees from a large local manufacturing company are sent for a complete orthopedic and pain evaluation immediately after onset of acute low back pain. Thereafter, the included patients are allocated either to the advice to stay as active as possible in spite of the pain or to adjust their activity to the pain. Pain intensity and physical activity are followed prospectively over seven days using a diary and a pedometer.

Conditions

  • Acute Low Back Pain
  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Göteborg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tommy Hansson, MD, PhD · Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

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