High Intensity Interval Training VS Moderate Intensity Continuous Training in Chronic Low Back Pain Subjects
CompletedNot applicableNCT04055545
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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 current guidelines for non-specific CLBP, recommend a conservative approach with exercise therapy, as first line treatment. Endurance and resistance training are two examples of recommended exercise therapies. However, it appears that none is recommended as superior over the other.
Study details
- Official title
- 12 Week High Intensity Interval Training VS Moderate Intensity Continuous Training in Chronic Low Back Pain Subjects: a Randomized Single-blinded Feasibility Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: HIIT
- Other: MICT
- Sponsor
- Cerini Tamara
- Collaborators
- Schulthess Klinik
- Organization
- HES-SO Valais-Wallis
- Start date
- 2019-09-25
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-13
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 29 Years to 69 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Oswestry disability index (ODI) Score ≥ 14% * Low back pain for at least 3 months. * Declared suitable by their physician or hospital consultant to start an exercise programme and to perform a graded exercise testing to determine the heart rate peak. * Good understanding of German or English, written and spoken. * Age between 29 - 69 * No or stopped physical therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-existing unstable heart disease or suspected angina pectoris, cardiac dysrhythmias, heart failure, aneurysm or aortic stenosis. * Known pregnancy. * Previous low back spinal surgery in the last 2 years. * Tumour, spinal stenosis, spinal fractures or radiculopathy. * Comorbid health conditions like diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis or other systemic inflammatory diseases.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04055545