Periodized Resistance Training for Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain

February 24, 2020 updated by: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Periodized Resistance Training for Persistent Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

24

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Norway
      • Trondheim, Norway
        • Dept of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Heavy resistance training program
Behavioral: 16-week supervised heavy resistance training program with weekly undulating periodization
Participants trained a whole-body program consisting of squat, bench press, deadlift and pendlay row two times per week for 16 weeks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Low back pain intensity on 0-10 Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Time Frame: 8 weeks
From questionnaire: current pain, pain the last two weeks and pain the last four weeks, scale from 0-10 were 0 equals no pain and 10 equals the worst pain imaginable
8 weeks
Low back pain intensity on 0-10 Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Time Frame: 16 weeks
From questionnaire: current pain, pain the last two weeks and pain the last four weeks, scale from 0-10 were 0 equals no pain and 10 equals the worst pain imaginable
16 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Investigators

  • Study Director: Jorunn Helbostad, prof, Dept Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Fac MH, NTNU

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 4, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 21, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

December 21, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 24, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

February 26, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 26, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017/905

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

IPD Plan Description

Collected data and research protocol are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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