Evaluation of the effectiveness of an individually educated exercise program for the lower back at home in employees over a period of 20 weeks. We hypothesize that regular exercise for the lower back results in greater improvements of low back strengths compared to controls.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
226
Educated exercise training for the trunk 3 times per week, each for 20 min. Recommendation of additional fitness courses as offered by the local healthy insurance company.
Hannover Medical School
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Back strength (kg)
Assessed with the back-check 607 (Dr. WOLFF Sports and Prevention)
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
Strenght at lateral flexion of the trunk (kg)
Assessed with the back-check 607 (Dr. WOLFF Sports and Prevention)
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Score
Assessed with the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability questionaire
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
Pain (scale)
Assessed with the visual analog scale
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
Quality of life (score)
Assessed with the short form 36 questionaire
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
Work ability index (score)
Assessed with the WAI questionaire
Time frame: At baseline and afetr 20 weeks
Physical activity (score)
Assessed with the "Freiburger activity questionaire"
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
Fat mass and fat-free mass (kg)
Assessed with Bio Impedance Analysis
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks
sick days (numbers)
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sick days at work will be assessed for the 20 weeks of the active intervention and the whole year the intervention is conducted
Time frame: At baseline and after 20 weeks