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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effectiveness of Myo-kinetic stretching exercises versus post-isometric relaxation exercise in patients with cervical radiculopathy. Convenient sampling technique will be used to enroll the patients. Patients will be screened on the basis of pre formulated eligibility criteria. Written Consent will be taken from each patient for participation in the trial. The calculated Sample size of this study will be 68 calculated through Epitool. Group A will receive conservative baseline treatment consisted of hot pack therapy for 10 minutes and traction for 8 minutes. Myo-kinetic stretching exercises and group B will receive conservative baseline treatment and post-isometric relaxation exercise. The assessment of patients will be done at baseline, 4th and 8th week. The outcomes from patients will be calculated by using Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Goniometer and Neck Disability Index. The comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment data will be done after 8th week. Data will be analyzed through SPSS 25.
This study will comprehensively evaluate the outcomes and endpoints of these two different FDA-approved artificial disc implants used to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy and/or radiculopathy today: Biomet Zimmer Mobi-C and Nuvasive Simplify. Both implants are structurally different with the Nuvasive Simplify implementing a three-piece design with two endplates and a semi-constrained mobile core while the Biomet Zimmer Mobi-C implements an unconstrained three piece design. Subjects will be age-matched and randomly assigned to either implant with informed consent. All subjects will undergo a variety of assessments that evaluate neck disability, quality of life, pain, physiological outcome (radiographic assessments), and neck range-of motion before and after their procedure. One baseline testing will be conducted along with three post-operation visits (three months, six months, and one year) in accordance to standard follow-up procedure. Thus, the duration of participation in the study will be approximately one and a half years.
PURPOSE: to investigate effect of electromagnetic field therapy on neck pain and proprioception in cervical radiculopathy patients BACKGROUND: Cervical radiculopathy is a clinical condition resulting from compression of cervical nerve roots Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy is an easy, non-invasive, safe, and relatively new treatment method that is used with growing interest in physical and rehabilitation medicine. Historically, the benefits from magnetotherapy have been reported for patients with musculoskeletal and neurological disorders
Compression on structures, as spinal nerves, in the cervical spine can cause cervical radiculopathy which leads to pain, disability, and reduced quality of life for the affected individual. Cervical foraminotomy with our without laminectomy are common posterior decompression surgical techniques for treating cervical radiculopathy. There is a lack of knowledge regarding function in patients with cervical radiculopathy after posterior cervical decompression. The aim with this study is to study pain, function, psychosocial factors, and health related quality of life after posterior cervical decompression in patients with cervical radiculopathy. This is a prospective multicenter longitudinal observational cohort study with follow-up at three, 12- and 24 months postoperative. A total of 154 individuals scheduled to undergo foraminotomy with our without laminectomy due to cervical radiculopathy will be included. Primary outcome is neck-specific function measured with the Neck Disability Index. Data will be collected preoperatively and at three, 12 and 24 months with electronic questionnaire.
This prognostic prediction model will be a reference for the health care professionals in clinical decision making and subsequent outcomes in dealing with patients having sub-acute and chronic neck pain, as well as, it will be a guide regarding therapeutic management and patients' education. Although various studies have evaluated the prognostic factors for individual neck pain conditions or treatment, to author Knowledge, no such prognostic model is available yet that predict the recovery in patients of sub-acute and chronic neck pain when managed conservatively. Therefore, this study is aimed to create a prediction model suggesting the recovery time for neck pain.
The purpose of this study was to investigate adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Turkish version of the Cervical Radiculopathy Impact Scale (CRIS).
This study compares anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) to posterior foraminotomy (PF) in surgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy (CR) caused by root canal compression, in a multicenter prospective randomized trial. The investigators hypothesize equal decompression of nerve root, and equal clinical outcome in both treatment groups.
Cervical degenerative disease is an almost universal concomitant of human aging. Over half of the middle aged population has cervical spondylosis. This condition is often asymptomatic, but in 10% to 15% of the cases, it is associated with, or progresses to, neural compression. Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy is a condition due to a root nerve compression while cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a condition due to a medullar cord compression. Root nerve or medullar cord can be compressed either by a soft disc extrusion or by arthrosis due to a degenerative disc. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is the standard surgical treatment of the cervical radiculopathy or cervical myelopathy when non-surgical treatment failed. The aim of this surgery is to provide a neurologic decompression associated to spine stabilization. Decompression is achieved by removal the disc and soft disc extrusion if present. Stabilization is supported by implantation of material in the interbody space like bone or cage with bone substitute. This cage provides a bone fusion matrix and an intervertebral height and stability support at the same time. To enforce the stabilization, a plate can be screwed on the anterior cervical vertebral wall. The HRCC® cage is a stand-alone cage with two rotary blades which penetrate into vertebral bone so there is no need to implant plate. One of the reasons why treatment can fail is the pseudarthrosis that is fusion failure. It mays occur as an increase of axial pain or radicular pain. The aim of this study is to demonstrate similar results on bone fusion in the surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy with HRCC cage used in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion compared with other technics based on a prospective cohort study and a literature review. As secondary outcomes we will search to correlate pseudarthrosis and quality of life impact, to identify complications and to describe the sagittal balance evolution of the cervical spine. To this end, in the context of standard practices, patients who consult the neurosurgical team of the REIMS University Hospital Center with a diagnosis of a cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy with non-surgical treatment failure needing a one level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion will be proposed to be included during this pre-operative consultation. There will be pre-operative collected data about demographic data, pseudarthrosis risk factors, pre-operative symptomatology, quality of life data and pre-operative imagery data. Per-operative and hospitalization data are collected as well with surgery duration, blood lost, surgical technic, pain measurement and hospitalization duration. Next, follow-up starts with consultations at 6 weeks, 6 months and 12 months and pain, quality of life and classic X-Ray data are collected to be compared with pre-operative data. And Imagery data are collected in order to identify presence or absence of pseudarthrosis with dynamic X-Ray and CT-scan at 6 months and 12 months. A statistical analysis of the data is next performed to found significant results.
The Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) represents one of the most commonly performed spinal operations internationally, often in the context of symptomatic radiculopathy or myelopathy secondary to cervical degenerative disease. Approximately half of surgeons continue to prescribe a period of post-operative bracing with a cervical collar. However, there is currently no high quality evidence available to support the routine use of post-operative bracing after ACDF; further, braces are expensive and have been associated with a variety of local complications. In summary, the current lack of evidence, and lack of consensus amongst surgeons, regarding best practices in the use of post-operative bracing after ACDF, places the surgeon and the patient in a precarious position. Our randomized trial comparing the impact of 6 weeks of post-operative bracing with a rigid cervical collar vs. no post-operative bracing, on a variety of clinical and radiological outcomes, for adult patients with cervical radiculopathy and/or myelopathy undergoing single or multi-level ACDF.
Multimodal physiotherapy involving manual therapy and exercise has demonstrated a positive effect on pain and disability in sub-acute and chronic cervical radiculopathy (CR) but a research gap exists for optimal management in the first 12 weeks and short-term natural history of the condition is unclear, although thought to be favourable within the first 4 weeks. The primary aim of this single blind, 2 group randomised controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the effects of a 4 week (6-8 sessions) programme of manual therapy, exercise and upper limb unloading tape compared to advice to stay active, on disability, pain and other biopsychosocial measures, in acute / sub-acute cervical radiculopathy patients. The hypothesis is that a 4 week multimodal physiotherapy programme will lead to changes in self-reported disability and pain, compared to advice to stay active, in patients with acute / sub-acute cervical radiculopathy. A secondary study objective is to identify whether variables from the baseline examination, group allocation and aetiology confirmed by MRI can predict outcome, as measured with the Global Rating of Change Scale (GROC). Subjects will be diagnosed with CR based on a diagnostic clinical prediction rule. Random group allocation, allocation concealment, blinded assessment and intention to treat analysis will be employed. Outcomes will be measured at baseline, 4 and 12 weeks. Patients' report of pain, disability and their rating of recovery will also be recorded by telephone interview at 6 months. An internal pilot feasibility study will be undertaken in advance of the main study to test recruitment and retention strategies. Statistical analysis of differences between groups will be done with ANOVAs and MANOVAs. Appropriate multivariable regression analysis will be used to explore predictors of outcome.