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The impact of lumbar orthosis on disability and pain in chronic low back pai

Not Applicable
Recruiting
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
Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
Roland-Morris disability questionnaire(RMDQ);The oswestry disability questionnaire (ODQ)’
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Suface EMG on core muscles;Ultrasonographic study
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