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CompletedNCT02990585Updated Oct 3, 2018

Back School for Non-specific Low Back Pain (LBP) in an Urban Setting

An interventional study of Back school in Low Back Pain, sponsored by Wayne State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-03.

Sponsored by Wayne State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
11
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will be a comparative design between 2 groups of subjects attending classes on back education in an urban setting. Participants will be randomized to either an individual one-on-one back school session or to the 8 group sessions.

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Conditions studied

  • Low Back Pain
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In context

Back Pain

2,373 studies on the registry are indexed under Back Pain; 284 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 11 is below the median of 60 across 1,941 interventional studies indexed under Back Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Wayne State University is the lead sponsor of 226 studies on the registry; 35 are open to participants now.

Of its 17 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (24%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants 18 years of age or older who have been suffering from non-specific LBP for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Additional impairments contraindicating their safe participation in the back school program, such as evidence of spinal cord pathology, cauda equina, progressive neurological damage, infection, inflammation, malignancy, fracture or a progressive, neurodegenerative disease as well as back surgery within the past year
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
11 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    One individual back school session

    The 1 individual session will consist of a 60 min 1-on-1 education/exercise session with an athletic trainer. Information will be an abbreviated version of the 8-session school and fill focus on the strengthening, stretching, pain control and movement re-education most needed for the individual.

    Other: Back school

  • Active comparator
    8 group session of back school

    All sessions last 45-60 minutes. There will be up to 8 participants in each session which will be led by an athletic trainer or rehabilitation trainer. Pain management, prevention strategies, and active treatment will be covered in the 8 sessions. Active treatment includes strengthening, stretching, pain control, movement re-education, and walking.

    Other: Back school

Interventions

  • OtherBack school
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in the Modified Oswestry Disability Index

    Time frame: At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in the Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire -Physical Activity portion

    Time frame: At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months

  2. Change in the Numeric pain rating scale

    Time frame: At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months

  3. Change in the International Physical Activity Questionnaire

    Time frame: At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 4 months, and 7 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Wayne State University
    Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 3, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02990585
Lead sponsor
Wayne State University
Responsible party
Marie-Eve Pepin (Assistant Professor, Wayne State University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 13, 2016
Start date
Oct 2016
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2018
Completion
Sep 30, 2018
Last update
Oct 3, 2018

Study contacts

Marie Pepin, DPT
principal investigator · Wayne State University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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