Predictability of the Effects of Facet Joint Infiltration in the Degenerate Lumbar Spine When Assessing MRI Scans
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Correlation of radiologic findings and reported pain relief
研究概览
简要总结
Fifty MRI scans of patients with chronic lumbar back pain were graded radiologically using a wide range of classification and measurement systems. The reported effect of facet joint injections at the site was recorded and a comparative analysis performed.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients who had received inpatient gradual diagnostics for chronic lumbar back pain
- •monosegmental facet joint infiltration on the first day of inpatient gradual diagnostics
- •clearly stated pain relief in percentage (%) for that specific infiltration in the medical documentation
- •pain level prior to infiltration needed to be clearly documented
- •a high-quality MRI available before infiltration.
排除标准
- •ositive history of lumbar surgery or the presence of artificial implants in the area of interest
结局指标
主要结局
Correlation of radiologic findings and reported pain relief
时间窗: Improvement in pain level within 24 hours
Pain relief is assessed as an improvement in % on the NRS. Radiologic findings consist of numerous classification systems and measurement techniques to evaluate and classify spinals and neural foramen stenosis, like for example as suggested by Schizas, or the sagittal diameter of the spinal canal
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Dr. Ulf Krister Hofmann
Principal Investigator
University Hospital Tuebingen
