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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN62210644
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Supervised group exercises in a public pool as a method of chronic musculo-skeletal pain management.
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0620129098
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Study hypothesis
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The project aims to demonstrate that people with chronic musculo-skeletal pain benefit from group exercises in a social setting in terms of pain relief, reduced disability, improved general well being and ability to cope with symptoms.
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Lay summary
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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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Musculoskeletal Diseases: Chronic musculo-skeletal pain
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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150 subjects minimum age 18, no upper age limit
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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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07/07/2003
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Anticipated end date
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31/07/2005
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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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150
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Interventions
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The project intends to randomly allocate patients referred by their GP for physiotherapy to a treatment group and a control group.
The control group will wait three months before the water exercise sessions.
The treatment group will be invited to the exercise sessions with no delay.
As this is a pragmatic study, patients in both groups will be able to continue drug and other treatments as their GP/others suggest.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Measures will be taken at 3 months to compare control with treatment and again at 6 months to compare both treatment groups. Measures will be Oswestry Disability Index, SF 36, a visual analogue scale for pain, a pain self efficacy questionnaire and a patient satisfaction questionnaire. Questionnaires will be distributed by the physiotherapist at baseline and by post at 3 and 6 months.
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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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Exeter Primary Care Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Ms
Gill
Drake
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Address
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Department of Physiotherapy
Franklin Hospital
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City/town
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Exeter
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Zip/Postcode
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EX2 9HS
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7307 2623
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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30/09/2005
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Last edited
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19/04/2011
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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30/09/2005
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