Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Effectiveness and Subsequent Healthcare Use Associated With Early Physical Therapy Access Compared With a Stepped Usual Care Approach for Treatment of Low Back Pain.
Brief Summary: The primary purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two management strategies for patients with a recent onset of low back pain (LBP). One is based on usual care and the other is based on early access to physical therapy following a pragmatic treatment-based classification approach. The secondary purposes are to compare the subsequent healthcare utilization associated with two management strategies as well as to evaluate the importance of psychosocial factors on outcomes within both groups of treatment. The overall hypothesis guiding the study is that the additional initial treatment expense incurred by early implementation will result in superior short-term clinical effectiveness, and will be more cost-effective in the long-term due to reduced healthcare utilization. We will also explore the importance of psychosocial factors on outcomes within both treatment groups, which may provide insights for further improving treatment strategies.


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A: Arm Label: Specific resistance training; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck | Arm Label: Control; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Work Place Adjusted Intelligent Physical Exercise Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Shoulder and Neck; Assigned to Arm(s): Specific resistance training
B: Arm Label: S-A; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Procedure: Stay-active care | Arm Label: S-A+stretch; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Procedure: Stay-active care+stretching | Arm Label: S-A+stretch+manther; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Procedure: Stay-active+stretching+manual therapy | Arm Label: S-A+stretch+manther+sterinject; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Procedure: Stay-active+stretching+manual therapy+steroid injections | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Stay-active care; Assigned to Arm(s): S-A | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Stay-active care+stretching; Assigned to Arm(s): S-A+stretch | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Stay-active+stretching+manual therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): S-A+stretch+manther | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Stay-active+stretching+manual therapy+steroid injections; Assigned to Arm(s): S-A+stretch+manther+sterinject
C: Arm Label: Usual Care (UC); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Procedure: Usual Care (UC) | Arm Label: Early Physical Therapy (PT); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Procedure: Early Physical Therapy (PT) | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Usual Care (UC); Assigned to Arm(s): Usual Care (UC) | Intervention Type: PROCEDURE; Name: Early Physical Therapy (PT); Assigned to Arm(s): Early Physical Therapy (PT)
D: Arm Label: Thermal care; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Thermal care, Behavioral: Education for the management of acute low back pain | Arm Label: Thermal care + exercises; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Thermal care, Other: Exercises, Behavioral: Education for the management of acute low back pain | Arm Label: Control; Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Device: Sham, Behavioral: Education for the management of acute low back pain | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Thermal care; Assigned to Arm(s): Thermal care, Thermal care + exercises | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Exercises; Assigned to Arm(s): Thermal care + exercises | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Sham; Assigned to Arm(s): Control | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Education for the management of acute low back pain; Assigned to Arm(s): Control, Thermal care, Thermal care + exercises

Answer: C