Effectiveness of Mechanical Decompression for Low Back Pain Relief

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

Objective To demonstrate the effectiveness of a conservative treatment approach for chronic low back pain that addresses the underlying problem of intervertebral disc lesions and degenerative disc disease, namely vertebral pressure on vital structures of the lumbar region.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00704210

Run by

State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

People needed

0

Starts

2006-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Non-specific LBP of at least 6 weeks duration with no evidence of underlying disease or anatomic abnormalities,
• Applicants may have pain radiating to their legs.

You may not qualify if…

• Any episode of Acute LBP within the last 6 weeks or less
• Recent Fractures, less than 8 weeks of any bone
• Tumors of any type including soft tissue tumors, myeloma, malignant or documented tumors of any type
• Gross osteoporosis,
• Spondylolisthesis grade 2 and above,
• Hardware fixation, spine fixation or other boney fusion
• Obesity as defined by a BMI greater than 35, body weight over 287 pounds,
• Contra-indication for MRJ assessment,
• Pregnancy,
• neurologic deficits,
• bowel or bladder incontinence,
• progressive lower extremity weakness,
• need for narcotic pain medications for other conditions.

Where it is running

• SUNY Upstate Medical University — Syracuse, New York, United States

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