Physical Therapy vs Surgical Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
ConditionSpinal Stenosis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50-80
SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology
About this trial
This is a randomized controlled multicenter trail comparing physical therapy to surgical decompression in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. The 0-hypothesis is that there is no difference in the efficacy of structured physical therapy compared to surgical decompression.
Our aim is to evaluate if physical therapy can serve as a nonsurgical alternative for patients with LSS, where the severity of symptoms indicates the need of surgical decompression.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients describing intermittent neurogenic claudication when walking and symptoms revealed by flexion of the spine.
MRI shows lumbar spinal stenosis in one or two levels measured.
The duration of the symptoms is longer than six months
The patient is a candidate for surgical treatment
Disqualifiers
Vascular intermittent claudication
Lumbar spinal stenosis in more than two levels
Previous low back surgery
Symptomatic lumbar disc herniation
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- surgery
- Physiotherapy
Treatment groups
232 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lead sponsor
St. Olavs Hospital
Collaborator
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Collaborator
Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov