Acceptability of STRIDE: a new rehabilitation programme to improve walking after low back surgery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Rehabilitation after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN17396524
• Lead Sponsor: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 19 February 2024
• Study Completion: 2025-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

1. > = 50 years old
2. Symptoms of neurogenic claudication (defined as as pain/ aching/ heaviness/ weakness/ tingling/ numbness in one or both buttocks and/ or legs (with or without back pain), precipitated by walking/ prolonged standing and eased by sitting /bending forwards)
3. Radiographic evidence of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis
4. On the waiting list for lumbar decompressive surgery (+/- fixation) to treat lumbar spinal stenosis
5. Conversational level English or willing to use an interpreter

Exclusion Criteria

1. Lumbar spinal stenosis caused by tumour or fracture or significant deformity
2. Patients requiring urgent surgery (e.g. with cauda equina syndrome)
3. People who report other conditions as the primary reason that inhibits their walking
4. Unwilling to give informed consent
5. > 2 level instrumentation
6. < 10 weeks prior to surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability measured using questionnaires based on the theoretical framework of acceptability after the pre-operative and post-operative phases of STRIDE. In addition, a focus group will be undertaken after the completion of the STRIDE programme.