View clinical trials related to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
Filter by:Purpose Physical activity reduces the risk of several diseases of the body and the mind1, 2 and can help the elderly maintain physical abilities and self-efficacy in daily life1. The overall purpose of the project is to provide clinicians with a tool to objectively assess physical activity in daily life and thus provide an informed basis for individualized care of elderly patients with spine disease. We would like to introduce this tool to a broad population of elderly patients with low back pain to give an overview of the range and variability in physical activity. We will also look into a method for accurate step count in spine disorders where patients have severe walking impairment due to affected lumbar nerve roots.
The primary objective is to determine the validity of the Six-Minute-Walking Test (6WT) and Timed-Up and Go (TUG) test to measure objective functional impairment (OFI) in patients undergoing either interlaminar epidural steroid injection (ESI) or transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESI) for lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD)
This study evaluates the influence of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs on preventing fever after the removal of drainage tube in the patients who suffered lumbar fusion surgery, if the outcome turn out positive, the preventive use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could decrease the possibility of fever happening when we remove the tube.
The study determines the reliability and validity of the 6-Minute Walking Test (6MWT) in patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
This study is to quantify changes in muscle activity and pelvic stability during prolonged walking in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (sLSS) and healthy control subjects and to determine their association with the severity of the stenosis and the crosssectional area and fatty atrophy of lumbo-pelvic-hip muscles.
The aim of this project is to develop a questionnaire that should distinguish patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) from other patients. LSS can cause significant pain and disability leading to dramatically reduced quality of life, immobility and functional limitation. The number of people with pain and disability due to LSS is expected to increase with age due to the degenerative nature of the disease. With an aging population this could potentially become a major health economic challenge. One of the challenges to estimate the true prevalence is the lack of a valid and reliable gold standard for LSS. To our knowledge, no diagnostic screening tool designed to estimate the prevalence of LSS in a clinical population of Danish patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) and leg pain has been developed. The objective of this project is to develop a diagnostic screening tool for LSS - the LLS Screen. This should consist of a set of items useable in a self-administered questionnaire, a rule to compute the probability of having LSS, and a cutpoint to be used to obtain a sensitivity of 95%. The rule should be applicable in patient populations suffering from low back pain and with increased suspicion to suffer from LSS due to failure of non-surgical treatment
The aim of this study was to investigate the emergence quality of patients extubated on prone or supine position after lumbar spinal surgery. 60 patients with ASA I-II who underwent lumbar spinal surgery between 18-65 years of age were included in the study. Patients with difficult intubation, BMI> 35kg / m2, asthma and reactive airway problems, cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnea will not be included in the study. Initial data will be recorded after standard monitorization. Induction is made by 2 mg / kg propofol, 1 mg / kg fentanyl and 0.5 mg / kg rocuronium will be added for muscle relaxation. Patients with adequate muscle relaxation will be intubated with appropriate endotracheal tube and mechanical ventilation will be initiated. Patients who are then given prone positions on the operating table will be supported with side gels. The head will be placed in the face gel in a neutral position. For intraoperative analgesia, remifentanil infusion at 0.2mcg / kg / min will be applied. After laminectomy is completed and control of bleeding, 1 mg / kg Tramalol and 2 mg / kg Metaclopromide will be applied to all patients. At the end of the skin stitching, the inhalation agent will be closed and the fresh gas will be turned 6 lt 100% O2. Patients who want to be extubated in the prone position are left in this position while the other patients will be placed on the stretcher in a supine position for a short time. Patients will be decurarized be neostigmin with atropine. Extubation will be performed in both positions when spontanous ventilation begins at a tidal volume of 6ml / kg and a frequency of 12-20 / min. All the measures will be taken to ensure airway safety while the patient is extubated pron. The stretcher will be brought to the side of the operating table, investigator will be ready for reintubation and all the necessary persons will be with the patient. Aspiration frequency will be recorded for each patient. During recovery after extubation, the severity of cough will be evaluated as mild (only once), less (more than one but not continuous) and severe (continuously for 5 seconds). Aldrate scores of patient will be recorded and first 9-10 time is estimated from extubation time. Vomiting, nausea, respiratory insufficiency, inability to control the airway and obvious desaturation if seen are also recorded.
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to assess and compare radiographic and clinical outcomes in patients who are to undergo combined interbody/posterolateral lumbar fusion procedures, supplemented with pedicle screw instrumentation, using one of the following interbody cages; the Nexxt Spine Nexxt MatrixxTM 3D-printed titanium cage or the HonourTM poly-ether-ether-ketone cage.
The specific aim of this study is to conduct a prospective, multicenter cohort study over four months to compare the cost of standard of allopathic care (control group, N=90) versus standard of care plus osteopathic manipulative treatment (experimental group, N=90) in a cohort of 180 consecutive patients seeking treatment for chronic low back pain at three osteopathic clinics and three allopathic medical clinics (offering only standard care) located in three different regions of the United States.
The purpose of this research is to find out if there are inflammatory biomarkers (also known as biological markers) in epidural space that can predict response to an epidural steroid injection. This study will also be evaluating whether the results of an EMG study (also known as electromyography) can predict the response to an epidural steroid injection.