Primary care management of back pain: a randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme

ISRCTN	ISRCTN32154931
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN32154931
Secondary identifying numbers	K0045

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Dr Jennifer Klaber Moffett
Scientific

Institute of Rehabilitation
University of Hull
215 Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2PG
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1482 675610

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Treatment
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Study objectives	Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Primary care low back pain
Intervention	Active intervention: A programme of eight group exercise classes of 1 h each, spread over 4 weeks with up to 10 participants in each class. The programme was led by a physiotherapist and incorporated cognitive behavioural principles and was conducted in a community setting. It included stretching, low impact aerobic and strengthening exercises and simple education messages. Control group: Patients continued under the care of their doctor.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/01/2002
Completion date	31/12/2002

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	Not provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteria	Patients with mechanical low back pain of at least 4 weeks duration but less than 6 months, aged between 18 and 60, declared medically fit by their GP to undertake the exercise and who had consulted one of the GPs taking part in the study.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2002
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2002

Institute of Rehabilitation

Hull
HU3 2PG
United Kingdom

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
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Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
United Kingdom

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Arthritis Research Campaign (UK)

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