MyBack - A Behavior Change Informed Exercise Program to Prevent Low Back Pain Recurrences

ConditionLow Back Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorInstituto Politécnico de Setúbal

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

186 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal

Lead sponsor

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Collaborator