Implementation of Pedometer for Monitoring Step Count Pre and Post Lumbar ESI for Radicular Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02356783
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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)
Our aim is to assess usability and compliance of a wireless pedometer for monitoring step count after a lumbar epidural steroid injection for the treatment of radicular pain in low back pain patients. Our main hypothesis is to demonstrate pedometer measured step count can be used to measure efficacy of pain interventions.
Study details
- Official title
- Implementation of Wireless Pedometer for Monitoring Step Count Before and After Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection for Radicular Pain.
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Pedometer
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- Collaborators
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Start date
- 2015-02
- Primary completion
- 2016-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age and older * Patients receiving lumbar epidural steroid injections as pain management to be scheduled at least one week away (-2 days/1 month). * Patients who are able to understand how the Fitbit instrument works and are willing to consent to the study. * Patient who used web-based communication frequently, e.g. Email. * Patients who can speak, understand, and write in English. * Prior MRI or an appointment to obtain an MRI prior to the procedure. Exclusion Criteria: * Workers' compensation cases. * Patient does not have a computer at home. * Non-ambulatory patients. * Patients who have received a lumbar epidural steroid injection in the past 6 months. * Nursing or pregnant women.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02356783