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Assessment of Activities of Daily Living in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain Using a Nonoperative Treatment Modality

Completed
Conditions
Low Back Pain
Registration Number
NCT02729181
Lead Sponsor
Integrity Life Sciences
Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that treatment with non-invasive spinal decompression reduces discogenic low back pain (LBP), decreases visual analog pain scale scores, increases activities of daily living and decreases medication use.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
116
Inclusion Criteria
  • at least 18 years of age;
  • consented to the physician prescribed protocol;
  • presented with discogenic low back pain defined as low back pain for minimum of 12 weeks;
  • current CT scan
Exclusion Criteria
  • metastatic cancer;
  • previous spinal fusion or placement of stabilization hardware within 6 months;
  • instrumentation or artificial discs;
  • neurologic motor deficits, bladder, or sexual dysfunction;
  • alcohol or drug abuse
  • patient's with extremes of height (< 147 cm or > 203 cm) and body weight (> 136 kg).

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lower back pain measured on an 11-point numeric rating scale (VAS) with 0 reflecting no pain at all and 10 the worst imaginable pain.12-16 weeks

0= no pain; 10=worst pain

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional capacity, measured by activities of daily living12-16 weeks
Proportion of patients using adjuvant analgesic medication12-16 weeks
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