NCT01788111

Occurrence, Diagnosis and Treatment of Neck and Back Pain in Helicopter Pilots.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 325 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helse Stavanger HF · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this project is to investigate the occurrence of neck and back pain in a population of commercial helicopter pilots, and investigate factors related to the profession that can cause these problems. The project has a biological approach assessing the supporting and stabilizing muscles (multifidus) in pilots with chronic back and neck ailments. Pilots with low back problems are invited to a controlled intervention trial to investigate whether one can achieve improved spinal health with a rigid training régime. Primary trial outcome is improved neck and back multifidus muscles pathology and function as assessed by the extent of fat infiltration -as visualized on MRI - and the volume and ability of the lumbar multifidus muscles to contract as shown with ultrasound. The perceived effect on spinal health with sick leave frequency is also evaluated.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Muscular Atrophy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Low back exercises 1	Excentric / concentric extension type exercises
OTHER	Low back exercise 2	Traditional low back training

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2013-02-11
• Last updated: 2020-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway