Active Management for Low Back Pain for 6 to 8 Year Old Schoolchildren
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00809640 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: December 17, 2008
Last Update Posted
: December 7, 2009
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Low Back Pain | Behavioral: Education (Back Comic-Book) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 700 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Active Management for Low Back Pain Taught to 6 to 8 Year Old Schoolchildren |
Study Start Date : | February 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: 1
The intervention group will receive prevention of low back pain education through a Back Comic-Book, and their beliefs/knowledge will be tested twice after intervention.
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Behavioral: Education (Back Comic-Book)
Through the Back Comic-Book the schoolchildren are taught prevention methods for low back pain.
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No Intervention: 2
The control group will receive no intervention, and their beliefs/knowledge on low back pain will be tested twice after the first assessment.
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- Assessment of the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management of low back pain in shifting beliefs in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. [ Time Frame: 4 months ]
- Assessment of the effectiveness of a prevention campaign promoting active management on low back pain in 6 to 8 year old schoolchildren. [ Time Frame: 4 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Years to 8 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Students in randomly selected private, public and concerted Majorca schools
- Must be present in class on day of intervention and assessments
Exclusion Criteria:
- Absent from class on day of intervention and assessments

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00809640
Spain | |
Kovacs Foundation | |
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, 07012 |
Study Director: | Francisco M Kovacs, MD, PhD | Kovacs Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, 07012, Spain | |
Principal Investigator: | Mario Gestoso, MD | Kovacs Foundation,Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
Responsible Party: | Francisco M. Kovacs, Director of Scientific Department, Kovacs Foundation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00809640 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
FK 27 |
First Posted: | December 17, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 7, 2009 |
Last Verified: | December 2009 |
Keywords provided by Kovacs Foundation:
low back pain prevention schoolchildren education campaign |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Back Pain Low Back Pain Pain |
Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Signs and Symptoms |