Effectiveness of a Short, Intensive and Standardised Spa Therapy for Low Back Pain on Sick Leave Duration
CompletedNot applicableNCT01648738
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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)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intensive 5 days long multidisciplinary program (including spa therapy, exercises and patients'education) is more effective regarding return to work than usual care in subacute and chronic low back pain for people in sick leave from 4 to 24 weeks duration, and for which an extension of sick leave is considered
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of a Short, Intensive and Standardised Spa Therapy for Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain on Return to Work for Patients in Sick Leave From 4 to 24 Weeks Duration : a Randomized Controlled Trial Using a Modified Zelen Method
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Spa therapy, exercise and educational therapy
- Other: Usual care
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Collaborators
- Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale
- Start date
- 2012-07
- Primary completion
- 2015-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female aged from 18 to 60 years (included) * Low back pain (or back and radicular pain with back pain the most painful) * Sick leave between 4 and 24 weeks duration, without expected return to work * A prior medical evaluation is made and the results will be communicated to the patient * Patient giving his informed consent to participate in the study * Patient affiliated to or beneficiary of social insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Cognition or behavioral disorders making it impossible to assess * Inability to speak and write French * Contra-indication to perform a short spa therapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01648738