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Randomised controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain
  Objective: To evaluate a progressive fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain.
Design: Single blind randomised controlled trial. Assessments were carried out before and after treatment by an observer blinded to the study and included a battery of validated measures. All patients were followed up by postal questionnaire six months after treatment.
Setting: Physiotherapy department of orthopaedic hospital.
Subjects: 81 patients with chronic low back pain referred from orthopaedic consultants for physiotherapy. The patients were randomly allocated to a fitness programme or control group.
Intervention: Both groups were taught specific exercises to carry out at home and referred to a back-school for education in back care. Patients allocated to the fitness class attended eight exercise classes over four weeks in addition to the home programme and backschool.
Results: Significant differences between the groups were shown in the changes before and after treatment in scores on the Oswestry low back pain disability index (P

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    21 January 1995

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    BMJ

  • DOI:

    10.1136/bmj.310.6973.151

  • ISSN:

    0959-8138

  • Library of Congress:

    R1 Medicine (General)

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    610 Medicine & health

  • Funders:

    Historic Funder (pre-Worktribe)

Citation

Frost, H., Moffett, J. K., Moser, J. S., & Fairbank, J. C. T. (1995). Randomised controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain. BMJ, 310(6973), 151-154. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6973.151

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General Medicine

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