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The role of quantitative sensory testing parameters in predicting clinical outcome in patients undergoing lumbar discectomy

Dr Brigitte Tampin0 sites160 target enrollmentStarted: October 7, 2014Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
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Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
160

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 65 Years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18 to 65 years; symptom duration of > 3 months; clinical diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy (defined as conduction block along a spinal nerve or nerve root, manifesting clinically with dermatomal sensory loss or myotomal weakness or reflex changes) and leg pain in L5 or S1 dermatomal distribution; demonstrable clinically relevant abnormality on imaging studies indicating nerve root compression at the relevant spinal level; person listed on the elective neurosurgery surgery waitlist for the procedure of lumbar discectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

  • diabetes and vascular disease, thyroid disorder, other neurological or psychiatric disease; previous lumbar surgery; a history of any disorders that potentially might affect the sensation in the hand (negative control site) to be tested and an insufficient level of English to understand and fill out the questionnaires

Investigators

Sponsor
Dr Brigitte Tampin

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