An Educational and Exercise Program as Secondary Prevention of Recurrent Lower Back Pain in Healthcare Workers
NCT ID: NCT00782925
Last Updated: 2025-12-19
Study Results
The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.
Basic Information
Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.
COMPLETED
NA
351 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-10-31
2014-02-28
Brief Summary
Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.
Nowadays, some very general training sessions are offered to workers at Lyon University Medical Center, irrespective of their lower back pain status. These very general training sessions are mostly preventive and primary in nature (like back school program) despite the fact that these people already have a history of lower back pain, the main risk factor of recurrence and chronic pain.
Since the 1980, some multidisciplinary functional restoration programs have been advised as a strategy for secondary and tertiary prevention of lower back pain.
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to assess the effectiveness of physical exercise combined with an educational program and self-led exercise for Lyon University Medical Center workers with lower back pain. We hope this intervention will reduce the risk of recurrence and chronic lower back pain.
Detailed Description
Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.
Conditions
See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.
Keywords
Explore important study keywords that can help with search, categorization, and topic discovery.
Study Design
Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.
RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.
1
Study intervention:
* A face/profile X-ray of their entire spine at baseline
* Educational program
* Exercise program
* Self-led exercises
* A follow-up at 12 and 24 months with their occupational therapist.
* A follow-up at 18 months with a physical therapist.
* Workers received also at the end of the educational program written standardized information about back pain ("the back book", an information booklet) 1.
1. Coudeyre E., Tubach F., Rannou F. \& all, Effect of simple information booklet on pain persistance after an acute episode of low back pain: a non- randomised trial in a primary care setting. PLoS ONE. 2007 ; 2 : e706
educational program
Educational program will consist of 1, 2-hour, small-group (8-patient) session with a specialist physician in Physical and Rehablilitation Medecine. Workers will be given information about lower back pain, pain and psychosocial risk factors for persistent or recurrent back-related disability
exercise program
The exercise program will consist of 5, 90-minute, small-group (8-patient) sessions with a physical therapist. Healthcare workers will be taught exercises including warm-ups, floor exercises, and endurance training. Only one absence will be allowed, otherwise the worker will be considered as non-compliant.
Self-led exercises
Self-led exercises to perform as part of a daily exercise routine
2
Control intervention :
* No intervention
* A face/profile X-ray of their entire spine at baseline
* A follow-up at 12 and 24 months with their occupational therapist,
* A follow-up at 18 months with a physical therapist.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.
educational program
Educational program will consist of 1, 2-hour, small-group (8-patient) session with a specialist physician in Physical and Rehablilitation Medecine. Workers will be given information about lower back pain, pain and psychosocial risk factors for persistent or recurrent back-related disability
exercise program
The exercise program will consist of 5, 90-minute, small-group (8-patient) sessions with a physical therapist. Healthcare workers will be taught exercises including warm-ups, floor exercises, and endurance training. Only one absence will be allowed, otherwise the worker will be considered as non-compliant.
Self-led exercises
Self-led exercises to perform as part of a daily exercise routine
Eligibility Criteria
Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.
Inclusion Criteria
* History of acute or subacute lower back pain in the 3 past years
Exclusion Criteria
* History of lumbosacral arthrodesis
* History of surgical intervention or discal hernia, more than 2 levels or more than twice
* Radiculalgia with sign of motor deficit, or radiculalgia with a positive Lasègue sign
* Eligible for enrollement in a functional restoration program for lower back pain
* Ongoing low back pain (lumbago)
* Psychosocial or behavioural impairment
* Unstable cardiac disease
* Inability to fill out the questionnaires and scales (inability to understand French)
* Pregnancy
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.
Hospices Civils de Lyon
OTHER
Responsible Party
Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.
Principal Investigators
Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.
Alain BERGERET, Pr
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Locations
Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, , France
Countries
Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.
References
Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.
Denis A, Zelmar A, Le Pogam MA, Chaleat-Valayer E, Bergeret A, Colin C. The PRESLO study: evaluation of a global secondary low back pain prevention program for health care personnel in a hospital setting. Multicenter, randomized intervention trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012 Nov 27;13:234. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-234.
Chaleat-Valayer E, Denis A, Abelin-Genevois K, Zelmar A, Siani-Trebern F, Touzet S, Bergeret A, Colin C, Fassier JB. Long-term effectiveness of an educational and physical intervention for preventing low-back pain recurrence: a randomized controlled trial. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2016 Jun 1;42(6):510-519. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3597. Epub 2016 Oct 3.
Other Identifiers
Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.
2008.511
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id