Evaluating Changes in Mechanical Properties in the Herniated Intervertebral Disc
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in mechanical properties of the herniated intervertebral disc
研究概览
简要总结
Low back pain is a major cause of disability, especially in the working-age population. A total of 149 million working days are lost every year as a consequence of back pain. Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is thought to play a major role in chronic back and neck pain. Decades of bench-top research in tissue mechanics have shown clear relationships between changes in mechanical properties and abnormal changes IVD structure and composition. Our overall hypothesis is that measurements of IVD mechanical properties can provide valuable information about its structure and composition for early diagnosis of degeneration, quantification of degeneration progress, and evaluation of treatment strategies. Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) is an imaging method to quantify mechanical properties from soft tissues. The objectives of this study are to evaluating repeatability and collecting base line data from healthy individuals; and to apply MRE to patients with disc herniation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy controls must be generally healthy individuals in the age range of 18-
- •Patients, 18 to 65 years old, who have undergone or will undergo MRI as part of the diagnosis of back pain and are diagnosed with one or more herniated discs in the lumbar spine (aka, disc rupture).
排除标准
- •Participants with a history of neurological injury or disease will be excluded.
- •Participants with contraindications to MRI scanning will be excluded (e.g., electric/mechanical implant, device such as a pacemaker).
- •Participants who are claustrophobic will be excluded.
- •Participants who are >250 lbs will be excluded (due to weight and physical constraints of - the scanner, i.e., 55 cm bore).
- •Those unable to consent, pregnant women, children, and prisoners will be excluded.
- •People under the age of 18 will be excluded as well.
- •Individuals who do not understand English (written or spoken) will be excluded
研究组 & 干预措施
Healthy Individuals
Healthy individuals will be imaged for comparison purposes
干预措施: Custom Magnetic Resonance Elastography Device (Other)
Disc Herniation
Subjects diagnosed with Intervertebral Disc Herniation will be imaged to evaluate sensitivity of the proposed method.
干预措施: Custom Magnetic Resonance Elastography Device (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in mechanical properties of the herniated intervertebral disc
时间窗: 1 week
It is expected that MR Elastography can measure changes in mechanical properties of the herniated intervertebral disc.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Daniel Cortes
Assistant Professor
Penn State University