Usual care including home exercise with versus without spa therapy for chronic low back pain: protocol for the LOMBATHERM' study, a multicentric randomised controlled trial

Forestier, Romain; Suehs, Carey; Françon, Alain; Marty, Marc; Genevay, Stéphane; Sellam, Jérémie; Chauveton, Claire; Erol Forestier, Fatma Begüm; Molinari, Nicolas

doi:10.1186/s13063-020-04271-9

Scientific article

English

Usual care including home exercise with versus without spa therapy for chronic low back pain: protocol for the LOMBATHERM' study, a multicentric randomised controlled trial

ContributorsForestier, Romain; Suehs, Carey; Françon, Alain; Marty, Marc; Genevay, Stéphane

; Sellam, Jérémie; Chauveton, Claire; Erol Forestier, Fatma Begüm; Molinari, Nicolas

Published inTrials, vol. 21, no. 1, 392

Publication date2020

Abstract

Low back pain is highly prevalent and a major source of disability worldwide. Spa therapy is frequently used to treat low back pain, but the associated level of evidence for efficacy is insufficient. To fill this knowledge gap, this protocol proposes an appropriately powered, prospective, evaluator-blinded, multi-centre, two-parallel-arm, randomised (1:1), controlled trial that will compare spa therapy in addition to usual care including home exercise (UCHE) versus UCHE alone for the treatment of chronic low back pain.

Keywords

Crenobalneotherapy
Underwater massages
Mud application
Water exercises
Low back pain
Spa therapy

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Recherche clinique dans les rhumatismes inflammatoires (1010)

Citation (ISO format)

FORESTIER, Romain et al. Usual care including home exercise with versus without spa therapy for chronic low back pain: protocol for the LOMBATHERM” study, a multicentric randomised controlled trial. In: Trials, 2020, vol. 21, n° 1, p. 392. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04271-9