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Prognostic Factors in Zygapophyseal Osteoarthritis Infiltration: a Prospective Cohort Study
Led by Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · Updated on 2024-10-17
147
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
534 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Magnet Resonance Image findings of facet osteoarthritis and patient characteristics are prognostic factors for improving or worsening the clinical outcome after treatment with facet infiltration.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Prognostic Factors in Zygapophyseal Osteoarthritis Infiltration: a Prospective Cohort Study
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Older than 18 years
- Fluent or native Portuguese language speaker
- Continuous or intermittent low back pain for at least three months
- Low back pain with or without irradiation to the gluteal region indicating facet syndrome (pain worsened by spine extension, bending toward the affected side, prolonged sitting, or walking up steps)
- Failure of traditional treatments including physical or drug therapy
- Understand the purpose of the study
- Voluntarily provide informed consent and complete questionnaires before infiltration and during follow-up
You will not qualify if you...
- Younger than 18 years old
- Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis with claudication or radiculopathy
- Evidence of radiculopathy
- Active rheumatologic diseases
- Congenital or acquired lumbar spine deformities
- Fracture or sequelae of lumbar spine fracture from trauma, pathology, or osteoporosis
- Previous lumbar spine surgery
- MRI scans of limited quality or incomplete sequences
- Systemic steroid treatment less than one month before infiltration
- Previous infiltration with steroids within last six months
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Allergy to anesthetics or adverse reaction to steroids
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Unable to be contacted by phone during follow-up
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hospital Israelista Albert Einstein
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05652-900
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Joao C Rodrigues, MD
CONTACT
M
Mario Lenza, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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