Low back pain (LBP) is common in the population and has great socioeconomic consequences for societies across Europe and the United States. About a third of working-age adults have frequent LBP, and for about 10% the pain becomes chronic with consequences for work and leisure activities. A Cochrane review from April 2017 concluded that physical exercise is an intervention with few adverse events and positive outcomes on pain and function in adults with chronic pain. However, when scrutinizing the specific studies of the review there are large differences in adherence to the exercise interventions and consequently in the results obtained. Thus, there is a need for simple exercises that the patients can easily adhere to.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
85
Specific strength training exercises for the lumbar and abdominal muscles for 8 weeks
Will receive the usual care at the hospital
Primary care center of Lliria
Llíria, Valencia, Spain
Low back pain intensity
Low back pain intensity (VAS 0-10)
Time frame: change from baseline to 8-week follow-up
Back pain recurrence
number of episodes with back pain recurrence after termination of the intervention
Time frame: 1 to 100 days, beginning from the last day of termination of the 8-week intervention
Roland-Morris disability
The Roland-Morris disability questionnaire
Time frame: change from baseline to 8-week follow-up
Muscle endurance
The Biering-Sørensen test
Time frame: change from baseline to 8-week follow-up
Use of analgesics
Number of days using analgesic within the last week
Time frame: change from baseline to 8-week follow-up
Handgrip strength
Maximal force (kg) in handgrip
Time frame: change from baseline to 8-week follow-up
Pain sites
Number of pain sites
Time frame: change from baseline to 8-week follow-up
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