Tokyo, Dec. 22 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000060152) titled 'Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Intervention Approach for the Prevention of Low Back Pain in the Land Freight Transportation Industry' on Dec. 21.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Single blind -participants are blinded Control - Placebo

Primary Sponsor: Institute - University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Condition: Condition - Low Back Pain Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - In occupational health practice, preventive measures have predominantly focused on individual-level interventions, while insufficient attention has been paid to physical and social factors that require organizational-level responses. In many other countries, low back pain risk assessment tools such as ISO 11228-1 have been widely adopted, and systematic management of manual material handling tasks has been promoted. In Japan, we have played a central role in the development of the corresponding Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS Z 8505-1) based on ISO 11228-1, which was officially promulgated by ministerial notification in January 2025. However, research on organizational-level intervention approaches in the transportation industry is still at an early stage, and evidence from intervention studies remains limited. Therefore, the present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an organizationally implemented multicomponent intervention approach targeting the transportation industry by conducting a cluster non-randomized controlled trial (CNRCT) involving workers from multiple worksites. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Workplace Improvement Approach Using Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) Interventions/Control_2 - Tailor-Made Interventions Incorporating Personal Indicators (PI)

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 18 years-old

Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - 1. Workers (full-time employees, dispatched workers, and hourly paid staff) employed at private transportation company worksites participating in an industry -government- academia collaborative consortium. 2. Age: adults of working age (18 to 64 years). 3. Sex: no restriction. Key exclusion criteria - 1. Individuals who are receiving medical treatment for low back pain at the start of the study. 2. Individuals with a tenure of less than three months. Target Size - 220

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - No longer recruiting Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 08 Month 06 Day Date of IRB - 2025 Year 09 Month 03 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 10 Month 17 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 06 Month 30 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000068797

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