Occurrence, Diagnosis and Treatment of Neck and Back Pain in Helicopter Pilots.

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

325 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2019-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this project is to investigate the occurrence of neck and back pain in a population of commercial helicopter pilots, and investigate factors related to the profession that can cause these problems. The project has a biological approach assessing the supporting and stabilizing muscles (multifidus) in pilots with chronic back and neck ailments. Pilots with low back problems are invited to a controlled intervention trial to investigate whether one can achieve improved spinal health with a rigid training régime. Primary trial outcome is improved neck and back multifidus muscles pathology and function as assessed by the extent of fat infiltration -as visualized on MRI - and the volume and ability of the lumbar multifidus muscles to contract as shown with ultrasound. The perceived effect on spinal health with sick leave frequency is also evaluated.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Low Back Pain Neck Pain Muscular Atrophy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Low back exercises 1

Specific low back extensor exercises in special training bench

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Low back exercises 1

Intervention Type OTHER

Excentric / concentric extension type exercises

Low back exercise 2

Traditional low back exercises.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Low back exercise 2

Intervention Type OTHER

Traditional low back training

Interventions

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Low back exercises 1

Excentric / concentric extension type exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Low back exercise 2

Traditional low back training

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pilots must experience low back pain in at least 1 of 3 flights or
* Pilots must have at least 2 episodes of low back pain of at least 24 hours duration over the last 12 months. Each episode is separated with at least one painfree month before and after each episode, or
* Pilots may have had more than 3 sick leaves due to low back pain over the last 5 years