Impact of Muscle Degeneration in Chronic Low Back Pain
RecruitingNCT04273828
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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)
Surgical interventions for the removal of intervertebral disc fragments or to enlarge a narrow spine canal are commonly performed worldwide and are considered efficient. Concomitant low back pain is not uncommon among patients with lumbar nerve compression and neurological symptoms. When present, controversy persists in the literature regarding its ideal management. Although neurological symptoms improve after decompressive surgery, the presence of residual chronic low back pain may worsen satisfaction scores and cause functional disability. The hypothesis of the present study is that the presence of atrophy of the paraspinal and trunk muscles predicts chronic low back pain after lumbar neural decompression. If confirmed, this finding will aid in better planning of physical rehabilitation strategies for this group of patients, as well as a clearer prediction regarding surgical treatment outcomes for patients and health professionals.
Study details
- Official title
- Impact of Muscle Degeneration in Chronic Ow Back Pain in Patients Undergoing Neural Decompression
- Conditions
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Lumbar Disc Herniation
- Radiculopathy
- Back Pain
- Interventions
- Procedure: Lumbar decompressive surgery
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
- Start date
- 2020-04-06
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-27
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. adults 18 years of age and older; 2. with symptoms of lumbosacral neural compression (radiculopathy or neurogenic lameness); 3. failed conservative treatment for at least 6 weeks; 4. undergoing surgery for neural decompression (discectomy and / or foraminotomy and / or hemilaminectomy); 5. with complete pre and postoperative medical records in all evaluations. Exclusion Criteria: 1. need for lumbar arthrodesis; 2. deep infection requiring surgical cleaning; 3. patients submitted to joint facet rhizotomy; 4. active rheumatologic disease, including seronegative arthropathies.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04273828