Prevention of Chronic Low Back Pain in Female Nurses
CompletedNot applicableNCT01465698
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
NURSE-RCT is a randomized controlled trial which aims at prevention of evolution of chronic low back pain (LBP) and related disability in female nurses. The study investigates the effectiveness and financial feasibility of six months neuromuscular training and counselling, and their combination on LBP, movement dysfunction and fear-avoidance behaviour. The target for neuromuscular training is to reduce movement dysfunction and motor control impairments, caused by trauma and subfailure injuries of spinal ligaments. Training aims at enhancement of motor control of lumbar neutral zone in different positions and movements, balance, coordination, trunk muscle endurance and leg strength. The target for counselling is change in attitudes and behaviour, which help to reduce the fear of pain and encourage to physical activity and other physical tasks. The hypothesis is that together neuromuscular exercise and counselling have a stronger influence on LBP, movement dysfunction and fear-avoidance behaviour than either used alone. Assessments of effectiveness will be conducted after six, 12, and 24 months of the beginning of interventions.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness and Financial Feasibility of Neuromuscular Exercise and Counselling Interventions on Pain, Movement Dysfunction, and Fear-avoidance Behaviour in Female Nurses With Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Exercise
- Behavioral: Counseling
- Behavioral: Exercise and counseling
- Other: Control group
- Sponsor
- UKK Institute
- Collaborators
- Tampere University Hospital; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health; University of Zurich
- Start date
- 2011-11
- Primary completion
- 2016-01
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 40 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Finland
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * woman aged 40 to 55 * working at one's current nursing job at least for 12 months * intensity of LBP on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) has been greater than 20mm (scale 0-100) during the last month Exclusion Criteria: * serious former back injury (fracture, surgery, discus prolapse) * chronic low back symptoms i.e. time when last experienced no low back pain is longer than six months * pregnant or recent delivery (\<12months) * general health problems prevent moderate exercise * body mass index \>35
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01465698