Status:
WITHDRAWN
Effectiveness of Mechanical Decompression for Low Back Pain Relief
Lead Sponsor:
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objective To demonstrate the effectiveness of a conservative treatment approach for chronic low back pain that addresses the underlying problem of intervertebral disc lesions and degenerative disc dis...
Detailed Description
Low back pain (LBP) is a common medical problem and a challenging condition to treat. This study will investigate the effectiveness of a conservative treatment approach for chronic LBP. To this point ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Non-specific LBP of at least 6 weeks duration with no evidence of underlying disease or anatomic abnormalities,
- Applicants may have pain radiating to their legs.
Exclusion
- Any episode of Acute LBP within the last 6 weeks or less
- Recent Fractures, less than 8 weeks of any bone
- Tumors of any type including soft tissue tumors, myeloma, malignant or documented tumors of any type
- Gross osteoporosis,
- Spondylolisthesis grade 2 and above,
- Hardware fixation, spine fixation or other boney fusion
- Obesity as defined by a BMI greater than 35, body weight over 287 pounds,
- Contra-indication for MRJ assessment,
- Pregnancy,
- neurologic deficits,
- bowel or bladder incontinence,
- progressive lower extremity weakness,
- need for narcotic pain medications for other conditions.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00704210
Start Date
August 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
October 18 2016
Active Locations (1)
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SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210