Congratulations to Maryse Fortin, Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at Concordia University for obtaining funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The project Improving disability and back muscle quality in chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial with exercise interventions targeted to participants with primary nociceptive pain drivers is funded in the amount of $619,650 over a three-year period.
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Exercise therapy is the most recommended form of treatment for chronic low back pain. A key finding in people with chronic low back pain is an increase in fat within the back spinal muscles, which can be a possible biological mechanism that may affect the onset, persistence and recovery of low back pain. Maryse Fortin and her research team will conduct a clinical trial to compare two forms of exercise commonly used in the treatment of chronic low back pain. The results of this novel study will have important clinical implications and the potential to increase the effects of exercise in low back pain and consequently lead to better patient outcomes and decreased health related costs. (Adapted summary)
