Multidisciplinary programme for failed back surgery syndrome.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: umbar pain, with or without leg involvement, following lumbar surgery (failed back surgery syndrome).; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN21221956
• Lead Sponsor: Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2016-03-30
• Study Start: 2019-03-12
• Last Update Posted: 27 June 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

1. Presence of lumbar pain, with or without leg involvement, following lumbar surgery
2. Lumbar surgery occurred once or more, being within the first (if more interventions, in the last) postoperative year
3. Good understanding of Italian
4. Age of >18 years
5. Expert spinal surgeons confirmed the accuracy of their pre-op diagnoses and excluded new surgical indications for pain persistence, such as the presence of residual lumbar foraminal and/or central stenosis, residual painful disc, epidural fibrosis, improper screw placement, non-union or abnormal motion at a fusion level, before sending for conservative treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Cognitive impairment (MMSE<24)
2. Specific causes of LBP, such as deformity, infection, fracture or malignancy, unstable cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and systemic or neuromuscular diseases, ruled out by means of case histories and imaging.
3. Previously received workers’ compensation
4. Previously received CBT

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified