Aquatic and Land Exercises for Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06874881
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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)
This study aims to learn about the effects of aquatic and land exercises on managing chronic low back pain in adults aged 18-65. The participants engage in a 12-week supervised land and water-based exercise program. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * How effective are aquatic exercises on low back pain, functional disability, Kinesiophobia, sleep quality, and overall quality of life? * Is aquatic therapy more effective than land exercises for treating LBP or vice versa?
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Aquatic and Land Exercises on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomised Study
- Interventions
- Other: Aquatic Exercises
- Other: Land Exercises
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
- Start date
- 2025-03-06
- Primary completion
- 2025-11-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- 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: * Age between 18 and 65 * Both Genders * Literate in the English language to understand instructions/ to complete a self-report questionnaire. * Having non-specific Chronic low back pain (≥12 weeks) * Patient willingness to be a part of any randomly selected treatment groups. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant Females * If they had low back pain as the result of diagnosis of severe osteoporosis, spinal bone disorders such as spondylosis and spondylolisthesis, fractures, lumbar spine stenosis, lower limb joint replacement surgery, hip orthosis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, infective or inflammatory disease, compression of the radial nerve, meningitis, arthrosis, lumbar region tumours, Leg length discrepancy, previous back surgery. * Uncontrolled hypertension, Severe postural hypotension, any heart disease like Left heart failure or exercise-induced angina. Medical illnesses without a medical managing plan in place, e.g., uncontrolled epilepsy, diabetes mellitus. Neurologic deficit, open wounds, current or recurrent radiation treatment. * Patients with severe depression and psychosis * People who are already participating in an individually-prescribed exercise programme for LBP. Aquatic exercises /Pool specific: * Individuals with hydrophobia/ water-related anxiety, or inability to adapt to an aquatic environment. * Allergy to chlorine, Severe limiting airway disease * Faecal or urinary incontinence, diarrhoea, and vomiting. * Weight more than the emergency evacuation manual handling risk assessment.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06874881