Evaluation of the Online Exercise Coach.

• Register: Netherlands Trial Register
• Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
• Main ID: NTR1695
• Date of registration: 04/03/2009
• Primary sponsor: Roessingh Research and Development b.v.
• Public title: Evaluation of the Online Exercise Coach.
• Scientific title: Evaluation of the Online Exercise Coach. - Online Exercise Coach
• Date of first enrolment: 15/12/2008
• Target sample size: 56
• Recruitment status: recruiting
• URL: http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=1695
• Study type: intervention
• Study design: Randomised: Yes; Masking: [default]; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized

Countries of recruitment

The Netherlands

Contacts

• Name: K. Cranen

• Name: K. Cranen

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Chronic low back pain;

2. RSI;

3. Whiplash;

4. Age of 18 years or older.
Exclusion criteria: Insufficient control of the Dutch language.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Chronic pain

Intervention(s)

Subjects in the experimental group will receive six weeks of OEC follow-up treatment. Patients have access to their online tailored exercise programs by logging onto the website www.r-motion.nl. Patients? former policlinic therapist will select a broad range of exercises from which the patient can choose from to create his own exercise programme. The exercises consist of mobilizing, muscle strengthening and conditional exercises. In addition patients have the opportunity to view the exercises on their computer by playing the video-files on the website. Also they are offered an email function on the website where they can contact their therapist in case they have questions about their exercises.
The control group comprises of a six week exercise follow-up program by means of once-only instruction by word of mouth at the end of the policlinic treatment at ?Het Roessingh?. If patients experience problems during their six weeks of follow-up treatment they are instructed to call their therapist.
Patients in both the intervention and control group are asked to exercise for 30 minutes 3 times a week.

Primary Outcome(s)

The primary objective is to investigate if the use of the Online Exercise Coach enhances compliance with the follow-up exercise program. Therefore the primary objective is:


1. Are patients who used the OEC during their follow-up exercise treatment more compliant than patients who did not use the OEC?

Secondary Outcome(s)

Preferences:

1. What are the preferences of chronic pain patients regarding exercise follow-up treatment?

A. Do chronic pain patients prefer the OEC or the traditional advice as exercise follow-up treatment?

B. Which attributes of OEC and traditional advice exercise follow-up treatment are considered as most important by chronic pain patients?

2. Do exercise follow-up treatment preferences change after patients completed their follow-up treatment?


Satisfaction:

3. How satisfied are patients on the factors of the intention-based models (such as the TPB and TAM model: attitude, self-efficacy and/or social support, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness)?

4. Is the technical performance of the OEC sufficient for clinical use from the end user perspective?


Clinical Effectiveness:

5. Do patients? interference of pain, actual pain levels, pain related fear of movement and general health change after six weeks of exercise follow-up treatment?

6. Do patients who used the OEC during their follow-up score better on interference of pain, actual pain levels, pain related fear of movement and general health than patients who did not use the OEC?

Secondary ID(s)

Roessingh Research & Development

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Roessingh Research & Development