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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN32154931
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Primary care management of back pain: a randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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Not Applicable
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Serial number at source
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K0045
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Study hypothesis
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Not provided at time of registration
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Primary care low back pain
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Patients with mechanical low back pain of at least 4 weeks duration but less than 6 months, aged between 18 and 60, declared medically fit by their GP to undertake the exercise and who had consulted one of the GPs taking part in the study.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2002
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Anticipated end date
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31/12/2002
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Status of trial
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Completed
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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Not provided at time of registration
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Interventions
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Active intervention: A programme of eight group exercise classes of 1 h each, spread over 4 weeks with up to 10 participants in each class. The programme was led by a physiotherapist and incorporated cognitive behavioural principles and was conducted in a community setting. It included stretching, low impact aerobic and strengthening exercises and simple education messages.
Control group: Patients continued under the care of their doctor.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Arthritis Research Campaign (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Dr
Jennifer Klaber
Moffett
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Address
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Institute of Rehabilitation
University of Hull
215 Anlaby Road
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City/town
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Hull
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Zip/Postcode
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HU3 2PG
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)1482 675610
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Fax
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+44 (0)1482 675636
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Email
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j.k.moffett@medschool.hull.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
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Address
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Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
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City/town
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Derbyshire
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Zip/Postcode
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S41 7TD
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Email
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info@arc.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.arc.org.uk
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Date applied
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12/07/2002
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Last edited
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03/10/2006
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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12/07/2002
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