FactORs prEdiCting the trAnsition from acute to persistent pain in people with ‘SciaTica’-the FORECAST longitudinal prognostic factor cohort, a substudy of the PiPL platform

niversity of Oxford0 个研究点目标入组 180 人开始时间: 2023年2月10日最近更新: 2024年6月3日

适应症

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2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37019481/ (added 06/04/2023)

•1. People aged >18 years with a clinical diagnosis of ‘sciatica’
•2. Sciatica symptom onset of the current episode within the past three months with a symptom-free period of at least 3 months preceding the current sciatica symptoms
•3. A sum score of >4 (on the diagnostic model published by Stynes 2018) will be defined as sciatica (weighted sum score including self-reported sensory changes, below knee pain, leg pain worse than back pain, neurodynamic tests, and neurological deficit)
•4. Clinical examination confirms the clinical diagnosis of sciatica and rules out other diagnoses

•1. Presence of other nerve-related disorders (e.g. diabetic neuropathy, stroke)
•2. Previous lumbar spine surgery
•3. Serious spinal pathologies (e.g. infection, cauda equina syndrome, metastatic lesions)
•4. Chronic inflammatory disorders
•5. Other pain conditions that may confound assessment (e.g., fibromyalgia)
•6. Pregnancy
•7. Insufficient command of the English language to obtain consent/complete questionnaires
•8. Contraindications to MRI for those selected for scanning

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