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Trial reportJournal of occupational rehabilitation2025

Videoconference-Supervised Group Exercise Reduces Low Back Pain in Eldercare Workers: Results from the ReViEEW Randomised Controlled Trial.

Ander Espin, Jon Irazusta, Maialen Aiestaran, Unai Latorre Erezuma, Julia García-García, Ismene Arrinda, Karmele Acedo, Ana Rodriguez-Larrad

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05050526 (Effects of a Real-time Videoconference-based Exercise Program in Eldercare Workers), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05050526 nacompletednot on this map

Effects of a Real-time Videoconference-based Exercise Program in Eldercare Workers: a Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorAnder EspinRan2021 to 2024Enrolled130ConditionsPain, Mental DisordersArmsReal-time videoconference-based Exercise program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ander EspinAgeing On Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain. ander.espin@ehu.eus.
Jon IrazustaAgeing On Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
Maialen AiestaranAgeing On Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
Unai Latorre ErezumaAgeing On Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
Julia García-GarcíaAgeing On Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
Ismene ArrindaIMQ Igurco Residencias Sociosanitarias, Bilbao, Spain.
Karmele AcedoHome Care Lab, S. Coop, Bilbao, Spain.
Ana Rodriguez-LarradAgeing On Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
University of the Basque Country · ESBioCruces Health research Institute · ESClinic IMQ Zorrotzaurre · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the effects of a group exercise intervention conducted by real-time videoconference on the low back pain of eldercare workers.

methodsWe randomly assigned 130 eldercare workers to an experimental group (EG: n = 65) or control group (CG: n = 65). Participants from both groups took part in routine prevention programs carried out in their workplace, and participants from the EG received an additional 12-week resistance-exercise intervention supervised by real-time videoconference. Assessments were conducted before and after the intervention, and the primary outcome was average low back pain intensity during the last 7 days, measured by the 0-10 numerical rating scale. Secondary outcomes included additional measures of low back, neck, shoulder and hand/wrist pain, as well as psycho-affective parameters, medication consumption and muscle performance. Both intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses were applied with a group-by-time ANCOVA including baseline measurements as covariates.

results125 participants completed post-intervention assessments (EG: n = 63, CG: n = 62). The intention-to-treat analysis showed an effect favouring the EG on average low back pain intensity (p = 0.034). Improvements in additional low back and hand/wrist pain outcomes were also observed, as well as on upper limb muscle performance (p < 0.05). The per-protocol analysis demonstrated additional benefits in depression, quality of life, hypnotic/anxiolytic medication consumption and lower limb and trunk muscle performance in participants with ≥ 50% adherence (p < 0.05).

conclusionsThe intervention was effective for reducing the low back and hand/wrist pain of eldercare workers and increasing upper limb muscle performance. The per-protocol analysis showed additional benefits in psycho-affective parameters, medication consumption and muscle performance.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05050526. Registered 20 September 2021-Prospectively registered, https://www. CLINICALTRIALS: gov/study/NCT05050526.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyLow Back PainOccupational DiseasesResistance TrainingVideoconferencingAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementMusculoskeletal painOccupational healthQuality of lifeResistance trainingTelerehabilitation

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PMID38632115
PMCPMC11839872
OpenAlexW4394872545

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