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Trial reportPloS one2017

The effects of an unsupervised water exercise program on low back pain and sick leave among healthy pregnant women - A randomised controlled trial.

Mette G Backhausen, Ann Tabor, Hanne Albert, Susanne Rosthøj, Peter Damm, Hanne K Hegaard

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02354430 (AquaMama - Testing the Effect of a Public Water-exercise Program on Low Back Pain and Sick Leave Among Healthy Pregnant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02354430 nacompletednot on this map

AquaMama - Testing the Effect of a Public Water-exercise Program on Low Back Pain and Sick Leave Among Healthy Pregnant Women

TypeinterventionalSponsorRigshospitalet, DenmarkRan2013 to 2015Enrolled516ConditionsLow Back PainArmsWater-exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mette G BackhausenDepartment of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-5567
Ann TaborDepartment of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hanne AlbertThe Modic Clinic, Odense, Denmark.
Susanne RosthøjSection of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter DammDepartment of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hanne K HegaardDepartment of Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DKCopenhagen University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow back pain is highly prevalent among pregnant women, but evidence of an effective treatment are still lacking. Supervised exercise-either land or water based-has shown benefits for low back pain, but no trial has investigated the evidence of an unsupervised water exercise program on low back pain. We aimed to assess the effect of an unsupervised water exercise program on low back pain intensity and days spent on sick leave among healthy pregnant women.

methodsIn this randomised, controlled, parallel-group trial, 516 healthy pregnant women were randomly assigned to either unsupervised water exercise twice a week for a period of 12 weeks or standard prenatal care. Healthy pregnant women aged 18 years or older, with a single fetus and between 16-17 gestational weeks were eligible. The primary outcome was low back pain intensity measured by the Low Back Pain Rating scale at 32 weeks. The secondary outcomes were self-reported days spent on sick leave, disability due to low back pain (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire) and self-rated general health (EQ-5D and EQ-VAS).

resultsLow back pain intensity was significantly lower in the water exercise group, with a score of 2.01 (95% CI 1.75-2.26) vs. 2.38 in the control group (95% CI 2.12-2.64) (mean difference = 0.38, 95% CI 0.02-0.74 p = 0.04). No difference was found in the number of days spent on sick leave (median 4 vs. 4, p = 0.83), disability due to low back pain nor self-rated general health. There was a trend towards more women in the water exercise group reporting no low back pain at 32 weeks (21% vs. 14%, p = 0.07).

conclusionsUnsupervised water exercise results in a statistically significant lower intensity of low back pain in healthy pregnant women, but the result was most likely not clinically significant. It did not affect the number of days on sick leave, disability due to low back pain nor self-rated health.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02354430.

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Exercise TherapyAdultDelivery, ObstetricFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfant, NewbornLow Back PainPregnancySick LeaveTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeWaterWater

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PMCPMC5587299
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