The Prevalence of Directional Preference in the Lumbar Stenosis Population
ConditionLumbar Stenosis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age48+
SponsorNYU Langone Health
About this trial
This will be a prospective cohort observational study observing patients with low back pain with leg pain who present for outpatient physical therapy care at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Lake Success. Patients are eligible if they present with imaging of stenosis in their lumbar spine on MRI or CT Scan and note radicular leg symptoms with associated neurological deficits on the physical examination for at least 12 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Neurogenic claudication (pain in the buttock, thigh, or leg during ambulation) or radicular leg symptoms with associated neurological deficits on the physical examination for at least 12 weeks.
Confirmatory cross-sectional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) imaging demonstrating the presence of either central or lateral lumbar spinal stenosis at one or more levels was required.
Age >48 years old
Willing and able to consent
Disqualifiers
Radiographic evidence of instability, degenerative spondylolisthesis, fracture, or scoliosis of more than 15°.
Comorbid health conditions precluding surgical management, prior lumbar surgery, progressive neurological deficit, any inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or indication of a potential non-musculoskeletal spinal condition (e.g., active malignancy, infection, etc.)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
67 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov