High Intensity Interval Training VS Moderate Intensity Continuous Training in Chronic Low Back Pain Subjects

NCT ID: NCT04055545

Last Updated: 2020-04-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-09-25
• Study Completion Date: 2020-03-13

Brief Summary

The current guidelines for non-specific CLBP, recommend a conservative approach with exercise therapy, as first line treatment. Endurance and resistance training are two examples of recommended exercise therapies. However, it appears that none is recommended as superior over the other.

Detailed Description

The lack of studies using HIIT in CLBP subjects, is the reason why it is needed to conduct an investigation about its effects.

However, firstly it is needed to assess the feasibility and safety of the HIIT protocol, to integrate it in the daily practise and future research.

In a single-center, single-blinded randomized feasiblity study, the investigators aim to prove the feasibility and safety of a 12 week HIIT programm.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

MICT

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

MICT

Intervention Type: OTHER

• 5 min. warm up
• 20 min. continuous cycling: HRR btw. 40% - 59%
• 5 min. cool down

HIIT

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

HIIT

Intervention Type: OTHER

• 5 min. warm up
• 10 × 60 seconds burst
• 60 seconds recovery after each burst
• Burst phase: HRR >90%
• Recovery phase: HRR btw. 30-39%
• 5 min. cool down

Interventions

HIIT

• 5 min. warm up
• 10 × 60 seconds burst
• 60 seconds recovery after each burst
• Burst phase: HRR >90%
• Recovery phase: HRR btw. 30-39%
• 5 min. cool down

Intervention Type: OTHER

MICT

• 5 min. warm up
• 20 min. continuous cycling: HRR btw. 40% - 59%
• 5 min. cool down

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

high intensity interval training; moderate intensiv continuous training

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Oswestry disability index (ODI) Score ≥ 14%
• Low back pain for at least 3 months.
• Declared suitable by their physician or hospital consultant to start an exercise programme and to perform a graded exercise testing to determine the heart rate peak.
• Good understanding of German or English, written and spoken.
• Age between 29 - 69
• No or stopped physical therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pre-existing unstable heart disease or suspected angina pectoris, cardiac dysrhythmias, heart failure, aneurysm or aortic stenosis.
• Known pregnancy.
• Previous low back spinal surgery in the last 2 years.
• Tumour, spinal stenosis, spinal fractures or radiculopathy.
• Comorbid health conditions like diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis or other systemic inflammatory diseases.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 29 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 69 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Schulthess Klinik

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Cerini Tamara

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Cerini Tamara

Sponsor-Investigator

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Schulthess Klinik

Zurich, , Switzerland

Countries

Switzerland

References

Cerini T, Hilfiker R, Riegler TF, Felsch QTM. 12 weeks high intensity interval training versus moderate intensity continuous training in chronic low back pain subjects: a randomised single-blinded feasibility study. Arch Physiother. 2022 May 2;12(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s40945-022-00136-3.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35491417 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

HIITvsMICT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id