Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Lorraine DeSouza
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Health Studies
Brunel University
Osterley Campus
Borough Road
Middlesex
TW7 5DU
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 8891 0121 x2527
lorraine.desouza@brunel.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal diseases: Spinal conditions
Intervention
i. Prompt intervention programme -given advice on staying active, advice on graded return to activity, an information booklet and immediately entered into an active physiotherapy programme.
ii. Control - the group was given advice on staying active, advice on graded return to activity, an information booklet and an appointment to commence active physiotherapy 6 weeks later.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
10/01/2000
Overall trial end date
31/01/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients aged between 20 and 55 years, referred directly for physiotherapy by either General Practitioners (GP) or the hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, were given a physical examination to identify those with simple acute low back pain (ALBP).
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Pregnancy, or 3 months post partum.
Involved in litigation
Already undergoing a physical therapy
Pyschiatric problem
Other physically disabling condition
Recruitment start date
10/01/2000
Recruitment end date
31/01/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Health Studies
Middlesex
TW7 5DU
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Physical and Complex Disabilities National Research and Development Programme
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2004 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15507794
Publication citations
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Results
Wand BM, Bird C, McAuley JH, Doré CJ, MacDowell M, De Souza LH, Early intervention for the management of acute low back pain: a single-blind randomized controlled trial of biopsychosocial education, manual therapy, and exercise., Spine, 2004, 29, 21, 2350-2356.