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Do Lower Spine Injections Improve Outcomes for Lower Back Pain Patients

CompletedNCT01381224
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

The purpose of this project is to determine the effect of lower back injections on select biomechanical outcomes, walking patterns, lower back flexibility and balance.

Study details

Official title
Do Lumbar Spine Injections Improve Short-Term Biomechanical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Conditions
Interventions
  • Other: Observation of biomechanical effects post injection
Sponsor
University of Florida
Start date
2011-01
Primary completion
2012-10
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 90 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
United States
Total sites listed
2

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of lumbar spine stenosis * receiving lumbar epidural injection * age 18-90 years * BMI \<35kg/m2 * walking unaided Exclusion Criteria: * age \<18 or \>90 years * BMI \>35 kg/m2 * severely impaired intellectual capacity * medications that could impact balance * dementia, or other neurodegenerative diseases that would preclude appropriate cognitive or physical ability to perform study protocol

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01381224