Randomised controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain

Frost, H; Moffett, J.A. Klaber; Moser, J S; Fairbank, J C T

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate a progressive fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain.
Design: Single blind randomised controlled trial. Assessments were carried out before and after treatment by an observer blinded to the study and included a battery of validated measures. All patients were followed up by postal questionnaire six months after treatment.
Setting: Physiotherapy department of orthopaedic hospital.
Subjects: 81 patients with chronic low back pain referred from orthopaedic consultants for physiotherapy. The patients were randomly allocated to a fitness programme or control group.
Intervention: Both groups were taught specific exercises to carry out at home and referred to a back-school for education in back care. Patients allocated to the fitness class attended eight exercise classes over four weeks in addition to the home programme and backschool.
Results: Significant differences between the groups were shown in the changes before and after treatment in scores on the Oswestry low back pain disability index (P

Citation

Frost, H., Moffett, J. K., Moser, J. S., & Fairbank, J. C. T. (1995). Randomised controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain. BMJ, 310(6973), 151-154. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6973.151

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 8, 1994
• Publication Date: Jan 21, 1995
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Journal: BMJ
• Print ISSN: 0959-8138
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-1833
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 310
• Issue: 6973
• Pages: 151-154
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6973.151
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/999687
• Contract Date: Oct 19, 2017