Swimming Versus Standard Physiotherapy Care as Rehabilitation Modalities for Persistent Low Back Pain: Feasibility Study
CompletedNot applicableNCT06423755
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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)
Study four: A small scale RCT will be conducted to pilot the swimming lessons developed in study three, to compare the lessons to standard physiotherapy care and to assess the feasibility of conducting a large RCT in the future. The results from this feasibility study will give the researcher some initial feedback on the swimming lessons and will inform and support the development of an RCT in the future; if the initial findings are positive. This will include whether an RCT can be carried out and evaluating recruitment and retention rates, willingness to be randomised, adverse events, outcomes, acceptability and cost analysis.
Study details
- Official title
- Swimming Versus Standard Physiotherapy Care as Rehabilitation Modalities for Persistent Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Swimming programme
- Other: Standard Physiotherapy care
- Sponsor
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Collaborators
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Start date
- 2021-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-10-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * The inclusion criteria for the study were that participants should have experienced CLBP for more than three months, be at least 18 years old and have a small amount of swimming experience. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria for the study included the following: unable to read or speak English, allergy to chlorine, severe fear of the water, pregnancy, ear infection, already a competent regular swimmer, visual impairment not correctable with glasses, medical contraindication to aquatic exercise or precaution that cannot be resolved. The following back conditions were excluded; red flag conditions (cauda equina syndrome, cancer or tumour related back pain, spinal infection, spinal cord compression, back pain from visceral source), inflammatory back pain, fractures of the spine during the last 6 months, severe spinal stenosis, nerve root compromise causing neurological deficit or constant pain in the leg, back surgery in the last 6 months, and fitted with a spinal cord stimulator.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06423755