Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Trish Dolan
ORCID ID
Contact details
Anatomy Department
University of Bristol
Southwell Street
Bristol
BS2 8EJ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 928 8363
trish.dolan@bris.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
D0571
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Not Applicable
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
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Prolapsed intervertebral disc
Intervention
Patients randomised to the Exercise Group receive a 4 week postoperative exercise programme that begins 4 weeks after surgery. They attend the Physiotherapy Department at a local hospital for two 1-hour exercise classes per week over a period of 4 weeks. The classes involve some aerobic exercise but concentrate on exercises for strengthening and mobilising the trunk muscles such as back extension and flexion exercises. Classes are led by a physiotherapist but patients progress at their own pace. Attendance is recorded by the physiotherapist, and compliance with the exercise programme is monitored by means of weekly diary sheets kept by the patient and handed in at the end of the programme.
Control group received care as usual.
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
01/01/1997
Overall trial end date
01/01/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Age between 18 and 65 years
2. Radiological evidence of disc protrusion in a position that correlates with the patient's signs and symptoms
3. Selection for decompression surgery
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/1997
Recruitment end date
01/01/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Anatomy Department
Bristol
BS2 8EJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
Sponsor details
Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
United Kingdom
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info@arc.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Arthritis Research Campaign (UK)
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
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10851101
Publication citations
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Results
Dolan P, Greenfield K, Nelson RJ, Nelson IW, Can exercise therapy improve the outcome of microdiscectomy?, Spine, 2000, 25, 12, 1523-1532.