Physiotherapy management Of LumbAr Radicular syndrome: does early intervention improve outcomes? the POLAR study

orthern General Hospital0 个研究点目标入组 80 人开始时间: 2015年12月10日最近更新: 2019年5月13日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Aged between 18 and 70 years of age
•2. Presence of unilateral lumbar radicular syndrome (defined as pain and or sensory disturbance and or weakness in a dermatomal and/or myotmal distribution)

•1. Bilateral lumbar radicular syndrome (LRS)
•2. Patients with ‘red flag’ signs and symptoms of potential serious pathology
•3. Cancer at the time of the study
•4. Proven vascular claudication
•5. Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES)
•6. Spinal fracture within the last 3 months
•7. Chronic regional pain syndromes
•8. Recent lower limb fracture
•9. CVA with physical and/or psychiatric disability
•10. Poor English skills (necessitating the use of an interpreter and invalidating outcomes measures-ODI as well as increasing costs)
•11. Other significant comorbidities preventing regular attendance at physiotherapy clinics
•12. Patients with significant mental health problems for which treatment adherence may be difficult or psychologically disabling (at the discretion of the referring G.P)

发起方

orthern General Hospital