Economic Evaluation of an Exercise Program After Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

University of Lausanne (UNIL)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Exercise program; Other: Routine follow-up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00960583

UNIL_PAPA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare, after functional multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain, an exercise program to the routine follow-up which is simply to advice patients to exercise regularly at home. The exercise program should help patients stay active, which should translate into a better long term quality of life and decreased days off work.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subacute or chronic low back pain
• phases 2 to 6 of the Krause classification
• without irritative neurological deficit
• age between 18 and 60
• having completed functional multidisciplinary rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

• phases 7 and 8 of the Krause classification
• entitled to a total disability pension
• acute neurological deficit in progress
• sciatica
• pregnancy
• acute inflammatory rheumatic disease
• non-osteoarticular thoracic pain
• spinal fracture within the last 3 months
• osteoporosis
• tumor
• severe heart failure or respiratory failure
• active drug addiction
• current involvement in litigation related to low back pain
• active psychiatric pathology

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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105 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise program

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise program comprising muscle strengthening, cardiovascular training and stretching exercises. Program duration : 12 weeks Sessions frequency : twice per week Session duration : 1h30

Treatment:

Other: Exercise program

Routine follow-up

Active Comparator group

Description:

Routine follow-up after functional multidisciplinary rehabilitation by attending physician (Advice to stay active)

Treatment:

Other: Routine follow-up