Muscle strength and flexibility in patients with lumbar radiculopathy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Registration Number
- KCT0008930
- Lead Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
18 to under 65 years of age
The patient exhibited disc herniation or spinal stenosis in the 4th-5th lumbar vertebrae as evidenced by MRI, in addition to presented with unilateral lower extremity radicular pain.
Exclusion Criteria
(1) Grade 3 or less of lower extremities (score of 3 or less on manual muscle testing), lower extremity hyperreflexia, bladder dysfunction, or other neurologic abnormalities.
(2) Lumbar region infection
(3) Patients with a mass occupying the epidural space in the lumbar region.
(4) Patients who have undergone surgery in the lumbar region
(5) Cancer patients
(6) Pregnant women
(7) Allergic to any of the medications used in the procedure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences in ankle dorsiflexion strength between the symptomatic and non-symptomatic contralateral lower extremity within a single patient.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Range of motion of the ankle of the symptomatic affected lower extremity and the non-symptomatic normal side within a single patient.