Exercise, manual therapy, and education with or without high-intensity deep-water running for nonspecific chronic low back pain: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 526-535

  Cuesta Vargas, Antonio Ignacio ^a   García Romero, Jeronimo Carmelo ^a   Arroyo Morales, Manuel ^b   Diego Acosta, Ángel Mario ^a   Daly, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Deep water running; Hydrotherapy; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960017574     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31821a71d0     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Airaksinen O, Brox JI, Cedraschi C, et al. Chapter 4. European guidelines for the management of chronic non-specific low back pain. Eur Spine J 2006; 15(suppl 2):192-300
2. Frost H, Lamb S, Klaber Moffett J, et al. A fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain: 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Pain 1998;75:273-9 (Pubitemid 28160138)
3. Niemisto L, Lahtinen-Suopanki T, Rissanen P, et al. A randomized trial of combined manipulation, stabilizing exercises, and physician consultation compared to physician consultation alone for chronic low back pain. Spine 2003;28:2185-91 (Pubitemid 37214690)
4. Chatzitheodorou DL, Kabitsis C, Malliou P, et al. A pilot study of the effects of high-intensity aerobic exercise versus passive interventions on pain, disability strain, and serum cortisol concentrations in people with chronic low back pain. Phys Ther 2007; 87:304-12 (Pubitemid 46341071)
5. Branderberger G. Cortisol responses to exercise and interaction with diurnal secretory peaks. In: Fortherby K, Pals S, (eds). Exercise Endocrinology. Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter; 1985:47-54
6. Faude O, Kindermann W, Meyer T. Lactate threshold concepts: How valid are they? Sports Med 2009;39: 469-90
7. Waller B, Lambeck J, Daly D. Therapeutic aquatic exercise in the treatment of low back pain: A systematic review. Clin Rehabil 2009;23:3-14
8. Pittler M, Karagiillero M, Karagiiller M, et al. Spa therapy and balneotherapy for treating low back pain: Meta-analysis of randomized trials. Rheumatology 2006;45:880-4 (Pubitemid 43985380)
9. Dundar U, Solak O, Yigit I, et al. Clinical effectiveness of aquatic exercise to treat chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial. Spine 2009;34: 1436-40
10. Sjogren T, Long N, Storay I, et al. Group hydrotherapy versus group land-based treatment for chronic low back pain. Physiother Res Int 1997;2:212-22
11. McIlveen B, Robertson VJ. A randomised controlled study of the outcome of hydrotherapy for subjects with low back pain and leg pain. Physiotherapy 1998; 84:17-26 (Pubitemid 28031834)
12. Dowzer CN, Reilly T, Cable NT. Effects of deep and shallow water running on spinal shrinkage. Br J Sports Med 1998;32:44-8 (Pubitemid 28149504)
13. Reilly T, Dowzer C, Cable N. The physiology of deep-water running. J Sports Sci 2003;21:959-72 (Pubitemid 38035249)
14. Nakanishi Y, Kimura T, Yokoo Y. Physiological responses to maximal treadmill and deep water running in the young and the middle aged males. Appl Human Sci 1999;18:81-6
15. Broman G, Quintana M, Lindberg T, et al. High intensity deep water training can improve aerobic power in elderly women. Eur J Appl Physiol 2006;98: 117-23 (Pubitemid 44349891)
16. Assis MR, Silva LE, Alves AM, et al. A randomized controlled trial of deep water running: Clinical effectiveness of aquatic exercise to treat fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum 2006;55:57-65 (Pubitemid 43235128)
17. Waddell G, Somerville D, Henderson I, et al. Objective clinical evaluation of physical impairment in chronic low back pain. Spine 1992;17:617-28
18. Huskisson EC. Measurement of pain. Lancet 1974;2: 1127-31
19. Kovacs F M, Llobera J, Gil del Real MT, et al. Validation of the Spanish version of the Roland Morris Questionnaire. Spine 2002;27:538-42 (Pubitemid 34461286)
20. Luo X, Lynn George M, Kakouras I, et al. Reliability, validity and responsiveness of the short form 12-item survey (SF-12) in patients with back pain. Spine 2003; 28:1739-45 (Pubitemid 36961086)
21. Saur P, Ensink F, Frese K, et al. Lumbar range of motion: Reliability and validity of the inclinometer technique in the clinical measurement of trunk flexibility. Spine 1996;21:1332-8 (Pubitemid 26000813)
22. Biering-SLrensen F, Hilden J. Reproducibility of the history of low-back trouble. Spine 1984;9:280-6 (Pubitemid 14109082)
23. Latimer J, Maher CG, Refshauge K, et al. The reliability and validity of the Biering-Sorensen test in asymptomatic subjects and subjects reporting current or previous nonspecific low back pain. Spine 1999;24:2085-9
24. Cuesta-Vargas AI, Guillen Romero F. Aquatic therapy activity. In: Fernández Pérez MR, (ed). Principles of Hydrotherapy and Balneology. Madrid, Spain: McGraw-Hill; 2005:151-69
25. Cuesta-Vargas A, Garcia-Romero JC, Kuisma R. Maximum and resting heart rate in treadmill and deep-water running in male international volleyball players international. J Aquat Res Educ 2009;3: 398-405
26. Roland M, Waddell G, Moffett JK, et al. The Back Book. London, England: HMSO; 1997
27. Maitland GD, Hengeveld E, Banks K, et al. Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation. ed 7. London, England: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2005
28. Cuesta-Vargas A, Hernandez-Mendo A. Inter-tester reliability in a manual strategy clinical classification for training in a non-specific low back pain with maladaptive motor control. Cuest Fisioter 2009b;38:11-8
29. Fernández-Pastor VJ, Pérez F, García JC, et al. Maintenance of the threshold/maximum heart rate quotient in swimmers. Rev Esp Fisiol 1997;53: 327-34 (Pubitemid 128529795)
30. Van der Roer N, Ostelo R, Bekkering G. Minimal clinically important change for pain intensity, functional status, and general health status in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Spine 2006;31:578-82
31. Hill T, Lewicki P. Statistics Methods and Applications. Tulsa, OK: Stat Soft; 2007
32. Cairns MC, Foster NE, Wright CW. Randomized controlled trial on Specific Spinal stabilization exercises and conventional physiotherapy for recurrent low back pain. Spine 2006;31:E670-81 (Pubitemid 44339461)
33. Ferreira PH, Ferreira ML, Maher CG, et al. Specific stabilisation exercise for spinal and pelvic pain: A systematic review. Aust J Physiother 2006;52:79-88 (Pubitemid 43971016)
34. Pengel L, Refshauge K, Maher C, et al. Physiotherapist-directed exercise, advice, or both for subacute low back pain. A randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2007;146: 787-96 (Pubitemid 351650499)
35. Keller A, Hayden J, Bombardier C, et al. Effect sizes of non-surgical treatments of non-specific low back pain. Eur Spine J 2007;16:1776-88 (Pubitemid 350105314)
36. Vuori I. Dose-response of physical activity and low back pain, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001;33:S551-86 (Pubitemid 32524749)
37. Sollner W, Doering S. A psychological therapy methods in chronic nonradicular backache: Review. Orthopade 1997;26:535-43 (Pubitemid 27298584)
38. Stevens V, Bbouche K, Mahieu N, et al. Trunk muscle activity in healthy subjects during bridging stabilization exercises. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2006;7:75
39. Helmount PH, Harts CC, Staal JB, et al. Comparison of a high-intensity and a low intensity lumbar extensor training program as minimal intervention treatment in low back pain: Randomized trial. Eur Spine J 2004;13:537-47 (Pubitemid 39468381)