Trial reportEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2007
Back education in elementary schoolchildren: the effects of adding a physical activity promotion program to a back care program.
Trial report in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Back care education Programme among school children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Teaching Back Health in the School Setting: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- EFFECTS OF POSTURAL EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2020Pooled it
- Low back pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness of conservative interventions.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2014Pooled it
- Physical therapy treatments for low back pain in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2013Pooled it
- Preventive physiotherapy interventions for back care in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2012Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a theory-based back care intervention on spine-related behavior among pupils: a school-based randomised controlled trial (T-Bak study).BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Effects of back posture education on elementary schoolchildren's back function.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2007Trial
- Exploring the clinical utility of postural outcome tools for back and neck pain clinical outcomes: a systematic scoping review.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Benefits of musculoskeletal health promotion in school communities through service-learning: a mixed-method approach.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Assessment of the Effects of Physiotherapy on Back Care and Prevention of Non-Specific Low Back Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Back-Health-Related Physical Activity and Exercise Knowledge in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Tools for Assessing Knowledge of Back Health in Adolescents: A Systematic Review Protocol.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Health questionnaire on back care knowledge and spine disease prevention for 6-10 years old children: development and psychometric evaluation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Low Back Pain among Primary School Students from the City of Valencia (Spain).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Knowledge and Practices of Back Care, Experience in Colombian Children.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- Sedentariness and Back Health in Western Cape Primary School Students: Protocol for a Pragmatic Stepped-Wedge Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Back Pain Related with Age, Anthropometric Variables, Sagittal Spinal Curvatures, Hamstring Extensibility, Physical Activity and Health Related Quality of Life in Male and Female High School Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a health questionnaire on back care knowledge in daily life physical activities for adolescent students.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Article
- Knowledge on health and back care education related to physical activity and exercise in adolescents.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Article
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Abstract
Promoting a physically active lifestyle whilst optimizing the spinal load at a young age seems to be advocated within the scope of early back pain prevention efforts. The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of combining a back care program with a physical activity promotion program in elementary schoolchildren. In a pre-post design over two school years, back care knowledge, back care behavior, fear avoidance beliefs and back pain reports were evaluated in children classified into three categories--those who received a back care and a physical activity promotion program (n=190), those who received only a back care program (n=193) and those in a control group (n=172) (mean age at baseline: 9.7 years+/-0.7). Physical activity levels were evaluated in a sub-sample of 26 pupils in each group. The back care program and the physical activity promotion program were both comprehensive ones. In both intervention groups, the scores for back care related knowledge and back care behavior were significantly higher than the control group. The increase in the sum score for back care behavior was significantly higher in the back care group than in the back care plus physical activity promotion group. Significant interaction effects showed an increase in fear-avoidance beliefs between pre- and post-tests in the control group, significantly different from the better scores in both intervention groups. Interaction effects were not significant for pain reports. In the back care plus physical activity promotion group, the daily moderate to vigorous physical activity levels decreased by 8 min per day while a decrease by 31 min per day was found in the back care group and a decrease by 36 min per day in the control group. However, group differences were not significant. The present study findings favor the addition of a physical activity promotion program to a back care program in elementary schools within the scope of early back pain prevention efforts. However, the findings also emphasize the disadvantages of implementing both programs simultaneously in a school curriculum that is already full.
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