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1	Aquatic therapy compared to standard care for chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial	Vaillancourt N; Montpetit C; Rosenstein B; Fortin M;	41527881 SOH
2	Preexisting Mental Health Disorders Are Associated With Acute Clinical Presentation and Longitudinal Recovery Trajectories in Adolescents With Concussion	Iuliano SG; Gagnon IJ; Iverson GL; Cook NE; Zemek R; Teel EF;	41505351 SOH
3	Aquatic exercise versus standard care on paraspinal muscle morphology and function in chronic low back pain patients: a randomized controlled trial	Rosenstein B; Montpetit C; Vaillancourt N; Dover G; Weiss C; Papula LA; Melek A; Fortin M;	40328824 SOH
4	Mechanism of Injury and Clinical Recovery Outcomes Following Pediatric Concussion	Gudymenko A; Iuliano SG; Gagnon IJ; Iverson GL; Cook NE; Zemek R; Teel EF;	40244878 SOH
5	Who gains the most quality-of-life benefits from metabolic and bariatric surgery: findings from the prospective REBORN cohort study	Yousefi R; Ben-Porat T; Marques Vieira A; Lavoie KL; Bacon SL;	39304457 HKAP
6	The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and health-related quality of life in youth with obesity	Goldfield GS; Cameron JD; Sigal RJ; Kenny GP; Prud' homme D; Ngu M; Alberga AS; Doucette S; Goldfield DB; Tulloch H; Thai H; Simas KR; Walsh J;	38997217 HKAP
7	Measuring what matters to older persons for active living: part I content development for the OPAL measure across four countries	Mayo NE; Auais M; Barclay R; Branin J; Dawes H; Korfage IJ; Sawchuk K; Tal E; White CL; Ayoubi Z; Chowdhury F; Henderson J; Mansoubi M; Mate KKV; Nadea L; Rodriguez S; Kuspinar A;	38967870 BIOLOGY
8	Effect of aquatic exercise versus standard care on paraspinal and gluteal muscles morphology in individuals with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial protocol	Rosenstein B; Montpetit C; Vaillancourt N; Dover G; Khalini-Mahani N; Weiss C; Papula LA; Melek A; Fortin M;	38110922 SOH
9	Cancer symptom burden negatively affects health-related quality of life in patients undergoing prehabilitation prior to liver resection: results from a 12-week randomized controlled trial	Kasvis P; Vigano A; Bui T; Carli F; Kilgour R;	37690126 PERFORM
10	Benefits of a 3-month cycle of weekly virtual museum tours in community dwelling older adults: Results of a randomized controlled trial	Beauchet O; Matskiv J; Galery K; Goossens L; Lafontaine C; Sawchuk K;	36052331 CONCORDIA
11	Empirically Derived Profiles of Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth and Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.	Keenan ME, Loew M, Berlin KS, Hodges J, Alberts NM, Hankins JS, Porter JS	33249456 PSYCHOLOGY
12	Effects of Dance/Movement Training vs. Aerobic Exercise Training on cognition, physical fitness and quality of life in older adults: A randomized controlled trial.	Esmail A, Vrinceanu T, Lussier M, Predovan D, Berryman N, Houle J, Karelis A, Grenier S, Minh Vu TT, Villalpando JM, Bherer L	31987547 PERFORM
13	Life after breast cancer: moving on, sitting down or standing still? A prospective study of Canadian breast cancer survivors.	Sabiston CM, Wrosch C, Fong AJ, Brunet J, Gaudreau P, O'Loughlin J, Meterissian S	30056387 PSYCHOLOGY
14	Health-related quality of life in post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans: agreement between children and their proxy.	Sarria EE, Mundstock E, Mocelin HT, Fischer GB, Torres RR, Garbin JGM, Leal LF, de F Arend MHR, Stein R, Booij L, de Araújo RMF, Mattiello R	31327498 PSYCHOLOGY

Title:	Aquatic therapy compared to standard care for chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial
Authors:	Vaillancourt N, Montpetit C, Rosenstein B, Fortin M
Link:	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41527881/
DOI:	10.1080/17581869.2026.2613633
Publication:	Pain management
Keywords:	Aquatic therapy; chronic pain; low back pain; patient-reported outcomes; psychology; quality of life;
PMID:	41527881	Category:	Date Added:	2026-01-13
Dept Affiliation:	SOH 1 Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 2 School of Health, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 3 CRIR Centre de réadaptation Constance-Lethbridge du CIUSSS COMTL, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Background: Anxiety, depression, and pain-related fears are highly prevalent among individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP). While aquatic therapy is a promising treatment modality for CLBP, its effects on psychological factors remain poorly understood.

Objective: To compare the effects of aquatic therapy (AT) versus standard care (SC) on psychological outcomes, pain, and disability in CLBP.

Methods: In this two-arm randomized controlled trial, 34 participants with CLBP were assigned to AT (n = 18) or SC (n = 16). Both groups received bi-weekly individual sessions over 10 weeks. Pain, disability, quality of life, anxiety, depression, pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and sleep disturbance were assessed using the following validated questionnaires; Numerical Pain Rating Scale, Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index, Short-Form 12 Item Survey Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia and Insomnia Severity Index, respectively.

Results: Mixed-design analysis of covariance revealed no significant group*time interactions for any outcomes (all p > 0.05). Both groups improved significantly in pain, disability, quality of life, pain catastrophizing, and anxiety (all p < 0.05). Only AT demonstrated significant reductions in kinesiophobia (p = 0.002) and sleep disturbance (p = 0.001).

Conclusions: Aquatic therapy may offer a more comfortable treatment alternative to address psychological factors associated with CLBP.

Clinical trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov identifier is NCT05823857.

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