Evaluating a rehabilitation protocol following lumbar fusion surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Musculoskeletal disorders; Subtopic: Musculoskeletal (all Subtopics); Disease: Musculoskeletal; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN60891364
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

2015 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26040543 2019 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30788599 [added 05/03/2019]

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-07-10
• Study Completion: 2016-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 25 March 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

50 subjects will be recruited between the ages of 18-75 years of age, with or without radicular leg pain who have been placed on the waiting list for elective lumbar fusion surgery at the NHS host

Exclusion Criteria

1. Spinal cord involvement
2. Post-operative complications
3. Revision fusion surgery (previous history of decompressive surgery will be eligible)
4. Lower limb joint pain which interferes with assessment or ability to exercise
5. Can walk less than 20 m
6. Severe, poorly controlled psychological or physical co-morbidity
7. Inadequate verbal and written English
8. Unable or unwilling to undertake exercise, attend post-operative programme or to give signed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility; Timepoint(s): Assessment of willingness to participate, compliance etc

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oswestry disability index (ODI)