Effectiveness of an app-delivered, self-management exercise program in public safety workers with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public safety workers (PSW), such as police officers and firefighters, face a high prevalence of chronic low back pain (LBP). Effective and accessible interventions are essential to improve their health and job performance.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of a m-health-based core stability exercise self-management program combined with health education compared to m-health-based health education alone in PSW with chronic LBP.

Methods

Forty-seven PSW with chronic LBP were randomly assigned to receive a smartphone app-based self-managed exercise program (twice a week) plus health education (INT; n = 23) or health education alone (CON; n = 24) for eight weeks. Primary outcomes were pain intensity and disability at 8 weeks. PSW were assessed preinterven

SUBMITTER: Marins EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12274742 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature