Lumbar Support Belt for Low-Back Pain in Office Workers
CompletedNot applicableNCT07030816
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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)
Background: Low-back pain (LBP) is common among office workers and can reduce productivity and quality of life. Lumbar support belts are commonly used to manage LBP, but their effectiveness specifically for office workers remains uncertain. Aim: This study investigates whether wearing a commercially available lumbar support belt (Guardner Belt) can reduce low-back pain, decrease physical fatigue during computer work, and improve perceived work performance among office workers with chronic low-back pain. Methods: Thirty office workers with chronic nonspecific low-back pain were randomly assigned to either wear the lumbar support belt during work hours for four weeks or continue usual activities without the belt. Participants' pain, fatigue, and work performance were assessed before and after the intervention period.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Wearing a Lumbar Support Belt on Low-Back Pain, Physical Fatigue During Computer Use, and Work Performance: A Pilot Parallel-Group Randomised Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain (LBP)
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Non-specific Low Back Pain
- Interventions
- Device: Guardner Belt
- Sponsor
- General Incorporated Foundation Ryukyuseimeisaiseikai, Ryusei Hospital.
- Start date
- 2024-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-04-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Japan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * • Full-time desk workers * Chronic nonspecific low-back pain (≥30 mm on a 100-mm visual analogue scale at baseline) * Age between 20 and 65 years Exclusion Criteria: * • Previous lumbar surgery * Currently receiving pharmacologic treatment for low-back pain * Planned job-duty changes during the study period
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07030816