CompletedNot Applicable

Periodized Resistance Training for Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain

Norway24 participantsStarted 2017-09-04

Plain-language summary

In this study the feasibility is investigated of a 16-week supervised heavy resistance training program with weekly undulating periodization for individuals with persistent non-specific low-back pain.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * persistent non-specific low back pain with a duration \>3 months * average low back pain intensity last two weeks \>= 4 on numerical pain rating scale (0-10 scale) * no experience with heavy resistance training. Exclusion Criteria: * previous surgery of the low back * radiculopathy * structural spinal changes and/or specific spinal conditions that limit function (spinal stenosis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis/spondylolysis, protrusion, structural scoliosis) * autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases * cardiovascular disease * neurological diseases * severe osteoporosis.

What they're measuring

Low back pain intensity on 0-10 Numerical Pain Rating Scale

Timeframe: 8 weeks

Low back pain intensity on 0-10 Numerical Pain Rating Scale

Timeframe: 16 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04284982

SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12-21

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