Effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention for low back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: protocol and statistical analysis plan for two randomised controlled trials.
Kate M O'Brien, Amanda Williams, John Wiggers, Luke Wolfenden, Serene Yoong, Elizabeth Campbell, Steven J Kamper, James McAuley, John Attia, Chris Oldmeadow, Christopher M Williams
PMID 27683839WHAT IT FOUND
No results are reported.
This is a study plan for two randomised trials of telephone weight management and lifestyle coaching for low back pain and knee osteoarthritis, so there is no finding to act on.
What this paper is
This is a protocol and statistical analysis plan for two randomised controlled trials of telephone-based weight management and healthy lifestyle interventions for low back pain and knee osteoarthritis. It describes the planned participants, intervention, outcomes and analysis, but it reports no trial results, so there is no finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that telephone weight management and lifestyle coaching reduces pain. This paper reports only the planned methods and analysis, and it does not present trial results.