Postural Balance and Stability Among Patients With Cervical and Back Pain
- Conditions
- Spinal StenosisBack Pain
- Registration Number
- NCT02395887
- Lead Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
- Brief Summary
High percentage of chronic back pain is due to spinal stenosis. The clinical picture is of 'neurogenic claudication' which effects postural balance and stability. If conservative treatment fail to improve symptoms, an invasive treatment which includes spinal decompression can be done.
The research is an observational prospective one, pre and post operational intervention. The aim is to examine whether an operational intervention improves quality of life, pain, postural balance an stability among patients.
It's important to clarify, that although there is operational intervention, the research is observational. The decision weather to operate or not, is not a part of the research. The investigators assume that since there is a population that independently going through an operation, the investigators can observe this population and evaluate different aspects of the operation outcomes.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Patients suffering from back or neck pain
- Patients that are candidates for operational intervention
- Pregnant women
- Patients who had a spinal operation in the past.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dynamic postural balance tests 6 months Static postural balance tests 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain and quality of life questionnaires 6 months