About this trial
Low Back Pain is a common heath condition with high rates of recurrence and huge associated costs. Research has focused its efforts on analysing the effects of interventions while knowledge about effective secondary prevention strategies is limited. MyBack study aims to analyse the effectiveness of a tailored exercise and behavioural change program (MyBack program) in the secondary prevention of low back pain, and evaluate acceptability, feasibility and determinants of implementation by the different stakeholders, as well as the implementation strategy of the MyBack program, through a hybrid type I, randomized, controlled and multicentre study of effectiveness and implementation in the context of primary health care.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Recovered (within the last 3 months) from an episode of non-specific LBP (with or without leg pain and of any duration)
Recovery from an LBP episode is defined as having a pain score of "0" or "1" on a 11-point Numeric Pain Rating Scale for, at least, 30 consecutive days
Age between 18 and 65 years;
Read and speak the Portuguese language;
Disqualifiers
Diagnosis, or symptoms consistent with, severe depression or other psychiatric condition,
Pregnancy
Spinal surgery in the last 6 months
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Usual Care
- MyBack Program
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal
Lead sponsor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Collaborator