Exercise for Low Back Pain in Children

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

— LBP  

Official title:

School-Based Specific Exercise Programme Reduces the Prevalence and Intensity of Low Back Pain in 12-13 Year Old Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00786864
• Other study ID #: Fanucchi et al
• Secondary ID: M060334
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 14, 2008
• Last updated: November 5, 2008
• Start date: January 2007
• Est. completion date: October 2007

Study information

• Verified date: November 2008
• Source: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: South Africa: Human Research Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to determine the efficacy of an eight-week specific exercise programme in reducing self-reported episodes and intensity of LBP, as well as modifying some of the identified risk factors for LBP, in children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: October 2007
• Est. primary completion date: October 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 13 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged 12-13 years

• Complained of LBP in the past three months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Serious spinal pathologies or deformities (e.g. severe scoliosis, spinal tumours)

• Neurological conditions which alter motor tone

• Physical disabilities (e.g. spinal cord injuries) which prevent the child from being able to stand up on their own without an orthotic device or brace, or which prevent the child from taking part in normal physical education (PE) classes

• Any other serious co-morbidities (e.g. cancer, severe lung pathology)

• Provincial sports participants, or children who were currently following a specific training programme with a biokineticist or physiotherapist

• Current orthopaedic procedures or fractures of the spine, pelvis, lower or upper limbs

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• exercise programme
Specific low back pain exercise programme for children

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
South Africa	Government primary schools in the Ekurhuleni West and Johannesburg East Districts of Gauteng	Johannesburg	Gauteng

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Country where clinical trial is conducted

South Africa, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Low Back Pain Intensity		3 months post-intervention	No
Primary	Low Back Pain Prevalence		3 months post-intervention	No
Secondary	Hamstring Flexibility		3 months post-intervention	No
Secondary	Neural Mobility		3 months post-intervention	No