Do Lower Spine Injections Improve Outcomes for Lower Back Pain Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

The purpose of this project is to determine the effect of lower back injections on select biomechanical outcomes, walking patterns, lower back flexibility and balance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01381224

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

30

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• diagnosis of lumbar spine stenosis
• receiving lumbar epidural injection
• age 18-90 years
• BMI <35kg/m2
• walking unaided

You may not qualify if…

• age <18 or >90 years
• BMI >35 kg/m2
• severely impaired intellectual capacity
• medications that could impact balance
• dementia, or other neurodegenerative diseases that would preclude appropriate cognitive or physical ability to perform study protocol

Where it is running

• Shands Rehabilitation Hospital — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• UF&Shands Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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