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Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Register:
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PACTR |
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Last refreshed on:
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30 August 2021 |
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Main ID: |
PACTR202105740118709 |
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Date of registration:
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27/04/2021 |
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Prospective Registration:
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Yes |
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Primary sponsor: |
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Public title:
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A Crossover Design for Comparative Effectiveness: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Backward Walking for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients in Solwezi District, Zambia
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Scientific title:
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A Crossover Design for Comparative Effectiveness: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Backward Walking for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients in Solwezi District, Zambia |
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Date of first enrolment:
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01/06/2021 |
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Target sample size:
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26 |
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Recruitment status: |
Pending |
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URL:
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https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=15847 |
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Study type:
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Interventional |
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Study design:
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Crossover: all participants receive all interventions in different sequence during study,Randomised,Permuted block randomization,Sealed opaque envelopes
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Phase:
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Not Applicable
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Countries of recruitment
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Zambia
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Contacts
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Name:
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Brian
Chiluba |
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Address:
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Ridgeway campus
50110
Lusaka
Zambia |
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Telephone:
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+260977896377 |
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Email:
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brian.chiluba@unza.zm |
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Affiliation:
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Lecturer and researcher University of Zambia School of health sciences |
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Name:
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Martha
Banda |
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Address:
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Ridgeway campus
50110
Lusaka
Zambia |
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Telephone:
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+260966754576 |
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Email:
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martha.chalwe@unza.zm |
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Affiliation:
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Lecturer researcher and post graduate coordinator University of Zambia School of Health Sciences. |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: 1. Pain, stiffness in lower back below costal margin and above iliac crest with or without leg pain of unknown cause of three months or more duration.
2. Above the age of 18 years
3. Able to stand and walk backwards independently
4. Able to comply with study requirements including able to read and understand the questionnaire
Exclusion criteria: 1. History or presence of any red flag of LBP including cancer, night sweats and fever
2. Severe back pain of intensity above 8 on visual analogue scale
3. Lower limb injury or surgery interfering with walking
4. Pregnant women
Age minimum:
19 Year(s)
Age maximum:
44 Year(s)
Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Orthopaedics
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Orthopaedics
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Intervention(s)
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Backward walking on treadmill as adjunct to heat therapy massage and home exercise program
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Usual care physiotherapy alone
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Primary Outcome(s)
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Pain intensity
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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Physical performance level
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Self rated disability
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Justin Bwalya
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Ethics review
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Status: Not approved
Approval date:
Contact:
unzarec@unza.zm
The University of Zambia School of Health Science research ethics Committee UNZASHSREC
+260973172339
unzarec@unza.zm
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Results
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Results available:
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