Diagnostic blockade of sacroiliac joint in patients with pseudoradicular low back pain.
Completed
- Conditions
- sacroiliac joint pain
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON19885
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anesthesiology, VU university medical center
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 63
Inclusion Criteria
1. Pseudoradicular character of pain;
2. Pain below L5;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Allergy to iodine, lidocaine or cortocosteroide;
2. Pregnancy;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of the diagnostic blockade is evaluated through a 10 items BOX-score (box 1 represents no pain, box 10 represents the worst imaginable pain). Patients will fill the BOX-score (diary) in at home 3 times a day, during at least 4 weeks after a blockade.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method With the Roland Disability questionnaire and Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index the limitation caused by low back pain will be assessed. Global health will be assessed using the short form (SF)-36 and COOP-Wonca questionnaire. Additionally the duration of a pain free period and daily pain medication use will be reviewed.