Exercise for Low Back Pain in Children (LBP)

University of Witwatersrand

Status

Completed

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Treatments

Other: exercise programme

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00786864

M060334

Fanucchi et al

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to determine the efficacy of an eight-week specific exercise programme in reducing self-reported episodes and intensity of LBP, as well as modifying some of the identified risk factors for LBP, in children.

Enrollment

72 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 13 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children aged 12-13 years
Complained of LBP in the past three months

Exclusion criteria

Serious spinal pathologies or deformities (e.g. severe scoliosis, spinal tumours)
Neurological conditions which alter motor tone
Physical disabilities (e.g. spinal cord injuries) which prevent the child from being able to stand up on their own without an orthotic device or brace, or which prevent the child from taking part in normal physical education (PE) classes
Any other serious co-morbidities (e.g. cancer, severe lung pathology)
Provincial sports participants, or children who were currently following a specific training programme with a biokineticist or physiotherapist
Current orthopaedic procedures or fractures of the spine, pelvis, lower or upper limbs