MRI EVALUATION OF LOWER BACK PAIN AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HYPERTROPHY OF LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM
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- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/08/056552
- Lead Sponsor
- ONE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients undergoing MRI scan for lower back pain referred to Department of Radiodiagnosis for investigative purpose.
Exclusion Criteria
•Patients with history of lumbar surgery, lumbar fracture, lumbar Infection, lumbar tumour.
•Patients with metallic implants, pacemaker/cochlear implant
•Patients with claustrophobia/any other psychiatric abnormality
•Uncooperative patients
•Those patients refusing to give written informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To calculate the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of the nucleus pulposus in degenerative disc. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>To calculate the thickness of ligamentum flavum at respective lumbar levels. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>To correlate the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient value of the nucleus pulposus in lumbar intervertebral discs with ligamentum flavum thickness. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 3 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the association between lumbar disc desiccation & ligamentum flavum <br/ ><br>hypertrophy in degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 2 years 0 days