Reduction of Risk for Low Back Injury in Theater of Operations

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Lower Back Injury

In brief

The investigators will conduct a controlled clinical trial with U.S. Army soldiers training to become combat medics. The purpose of this study is to determine if a 11-week, high intensity exercise program targeting the low back muscles using specialized equipment will result in a 25% increase in low back muscular strength and endurance compared with a lower intensity general core stability exercise.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01401842

Run by

University of South Florida

People needed

582

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-35 years
• Active duty soldiers in the US Army training to become combat medics at Fort Sam Houston

You may not qualify if…

• Cardiovascular contraindications to resistance exercise as identified by history and physical examination
• Orthopedic contraindications to resistance exercise as identified by history and physical examination
• History of systemic inflammatory disease or spinal surgery
• Low back pain intensity > "mild"
• Disability >= 50% on the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire
• Currently receiving care for spinal pain disorder/injury
• Currently disabled due to spinal pain disorder/injury
• Currently diagnosed with or receiving treatment for a psychological or psychiatric disorder
• Currently performing progressive resistance exercises for the lumbar extensor muscles other than those included in standard for military fitness programs
• Active workers' compensation or personal injury case
• Pregnant
• Simultaneously enrolled in another biomedical clinical trial
• Drug or alcohol abuse within the past year
• Any other condition, which in the opinion of the investigators or military medical authority, would put the candidate at increased safety risk or otherwise make the candidate unsuitable for this study
• Unable or unwilling to complete the study procedures

Where it is running

• University of South Florida — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Brooke Army Medical Center — Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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