NCT00960583

Economic Evaluation of an Exercise Program After Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Cost-utility Analysis of a 3-month Exercise Program vs. Routine Follow-up in Patients Having Completed Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Lausanne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare, after functional multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain, an exercise program to the routine follow-up which is simply to advice patients to exercise regularly at home. The exercise program should help patients stay active, which should translate into a better long term quality of life and decreased days off work.

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise program	24 group exercise sessions during 12 weeks
OTHER	Routine follow-up	Advice to stay active

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-10-01
• Completion: 2008-10-01
• First posted: 2009-08-18
• Last updated: 2016-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland