The impact of lumbar orthosis on disability and pain in chronic low back pai
- Conditions
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Registration Number
- KCT0006725
- Lead Sponsor
- Catholic Kwandong University International St.Mary's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
1)Men or women between 20 and 60 yr of age
2)Conservative treatment (transforaminal epidural block or caudal block) for neurological low back pain with radicular pain
3)Episode lasting 1 to 3-mon
4)No contraindications to step I or step II analgesics, NSAID, benzodiazepines and thiocolchicoside. Signing the consent form, which was explained to them ?rst
1)Patients who have used a lumbar belt during the last 6 mo
2)Patients who have suffered from a low back pain episode during the 6 mo preceding inclusion
3)Patients who had had a spinal operation during the 5 yr preceding inclusion
4)Patients who have secondary low back pain due to an accident at work
5)Patients who have a history of spinal arthrodesis
6)Patients who have an unstabilized or symptomatic, chronic cardiac or respiratory complaint
7)Patients who suffer from low back pain with an in?ammatory, tumoural, or infectious cause
8)Patients with a contraindication to step I or step II analgesics, NSAID, benzodiazepines, and thiocolchicoside
9)Patients who are pregnant Patients whose higher functions do not enable them to properly comprehend the protocol or to reliably record the data
10)Exclusion of patients with a chronic cardiac or respiratory complaint was justi?ed by the theoretical warning of the potential effect of wearing a lumbar belt on the increase in cardio-respiratory load
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Roland-Morris disability questionnaire(RMDQ);The oswestry disability questionnaire (ODQ)’
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Suface EMG on core muscles;Ultrasonographic study