Group Hydrotherapy Treatment for Athletes With Lower Back Pain

June 19, 2025 updated by: Gali Dar
The effect of group hydrotherapy on chronic low back pain and function among athletes will be examined.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Low back pain is a common issue in Western society, especially among athletes who experience significant physical stress. One effective conservative treatment method is hydrotherapy, which involves exercising in water. This approach takes advantage of water's properties, such as buoyancy, weight reduction, and resistance. By using these properties, individuals can perform movements and exercises that may be painful or difficult to do on land.

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of group hydrotherapy on chronic low back pain and function among athletes.

The study will involve participants with chronic back pain who will complete a 6-week intervention program led by a certified physiotherapist, including hydrotherapy treatment and guidance for independent exercises.

The exercise will include reduced-weight activities at waist-to-neck depth, resistance exercises at varying depths, and the utilization of buoyancy and resistance devices.

The evaluation indicators will be taken before and after the intervention period and will include: a demographic questionnaire, history of back pain and anthropometric details (height, weight), Oswestry questionnaire to assess function following back pain, a visual analog scale to assess the maximum degree of pain during the day, hip range tests, a forward flexion distance test, and a back alignment test. At the end of the intervention, a global rating of scale questionnaire will also be taken to assess the effectiveness of the improvement.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

50

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 Contact

Study Locations

  • Israel
      • Netanya, Israel
        • Recruiting
        • Wingate institue
        • Contact:

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Athletes who complain of low back pain for over 3 months,
  • VAS>3
  • train more than 5 times a week.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • acute back pain
  • neurological signs (decreased muscle strength, decreased reflexes, radiating to the leg).

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Hydrotherapy
Participants will undergo hydrotherapy in addition to regular physical therapy
Other: hydrotherapy
hydrotherapy in addition to physical therapy
Active Comparator: control
Participants will go through regular physical therapy treatments

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change in Visual analog scale
Time Frame: base line, up to 8 weeks
assessing pain on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (most sever pain). Higher scores means worse outcome.
base line, up to 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change in forward flexion distance test
Time Frame: base line, up to 8 weeks
lumbar flexion assessment by bending forward and measuring distance of fingers from the floor
base line, up to 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Gali Dar

Collaborators

Wingate Institute

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)

June 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 24, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

June 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 19, 2025

Last Verified

June 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 05/2024

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

outcome measurement results will be shared between therapists performing the study and the principal investigator.

protocol, results and conclusion will be published via professional paper without patients details.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

data will be shared 6 months following the completion of the study

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

The principal investigator will share the IPD and supporting information with the therapist performing the intervention.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP

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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