Walkback Trial

21/06/2024

Results have just been published in the leading medical journal, The Lancet. Link to paper and summary of findings below:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00755-4/fulltext

21/06/2024

Trial is finally completed and results are in. Did anyone catch any of the research team on the radio or tv in the last few days? 🚶‍♀️🚶

09/06/2022

WE ARE DONE!!

As of this morning, we have recruited and enrolled our final participant for the WalkBack Trial, officially reaching our target of 698 people!!

Our sincere thanks to not only those involved in the trial, but to anyone who ever liked or shared our posts, tagged a friend, picked up a flyer, saw a banner, checked out our website, or completed our pre-screening questionnaire - this could not have happened without your help!

We will now be taking a short moment to let this all sink in, before shifting our focus onto the next phase of the trial - collecting and analysing data to see if our intervention has any effect.

If you would like to stay in the loop and receive a copy of the results at the conclusion of the Trial, please add your details via the link:

Thank you for your contribution to the WalkBack Trial. Please register your name and email address to receive a summary of results at the end of the trial. Results will be distributed upon completion of the trial in 2022. If you do not want to receive a summary of results, you can simply close this....

31/05/2022

Some exciting news to share this morning... we have just enrolled Participant 683 our of 698, meaning we only have 15 participants left to recruit!

16/03/2022

Our Chief Investigator Professor Mark Hancock was interviewed by Peter Rasmussen on ABC Mid North Coast radio yesterday, talking about low back pain and what our clinical trial is all about!

Listen to the rerun this coming Saturday, or catch up online here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/midnorthcoast/programs/breakfast/breakfast/13788160 (from 1:09)

Local news and information to get your day off to great start.

01/03/2022

A big thank you to Australian Seniors News for sharing an important article about current research on low back pain prevention and also helping spread the word about the WalkBack Trial.

Down to our last 100 participants to recruit!! 🚶‍♀️🏃 🙌

Lower back pain is a common and sometimes disabling condition experienced by most Australians. Around 8-in-10 individuals’ experience lower back pain at least once in their lifetime, and prevalence peaks in adults aged between 35 and 55 years. While most episodes of lower back pain improve quickly...

02/12/2021

Thank you to Prevention Magazine Australia for featuring us on their website!

Read the full article here:

Here's why walking could be the answer to preventing lower back pain.

22/09/2021

Have you heard about virtual walking? How do you like it?

Tie up your sneakers, and join us for the 6-week training plan, leading up to the 10km Virtual Walk!

21/09/2021

Many thanks to the eCentreClinic for helping us spread the word 🙌

Researchers from Macquarie University are exploring the use of walking to prevent recurrences of low back pain!

Available Australia-wide, we are seeking people that have experienced episodes of low back pain in the last 6 months and are not currently walking for exercise 3 or more times per week.

Please visit our website for more information on this trial! www.walkbacktrial.com

14/09/2021

A newly published study has found that a short walk everyday may help to reduce your risk of early mortality! Read all about it here:

While the figure of 10,000 steps a day has become a popular benchmark, new research finds we might not need to take quite so many strides to cut our chances of an early death.

09/09/2021

Many thanks to the NSW Nursing and Midwife Association for helping us spread the word about the WalkBack Trial! We have hit 75% of our recruitment target with 525 participants enrolled so far.
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If you know anyone suffering from episodic low back pain, please spread the word 😁

The WalkBack trial is a large-scale research study funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and conducted by Macquarie University, Australia. The trial is investigating the combination of an individualised walking program and education, compared to usual care, for the prevention of...

06/08/2021

PLEASE SHARE and help us recruit the last 200 participants! www.walkbacktrial.com/about-the-trial