The Effectiveness of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

In brief

The primary objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of standard for our practice postoperative physical therapy (PT) program to a PT program that incorporates lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmill training for the patients after lumbar discectomy and fusion surgeries.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01689922

Run by

Justin Parker Neurological Institute

People needed

27

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults between 18 and 65 years old
• Willing and able to comply with protocol and PT requirements
• Patients with primarily radicular and back pain due to degenerative disc disease requiring one-level discectomy for herniated disc or lumbar fusion between L2 and S1
• Willing and able to sign a study specific informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Require more than one-level surgery
• No previous lumbar surgery
• Any ongoing health condition that would make it difficult to adhere to postoperative PT requirements
• Peri-operative or post-operative complications (infection, pneumonia, nerve injury, dural tear, etc.) that would constraint or delay the ability to participate in postoperative PT
• BMI greater than 40
• Active local or systemic infection

Where it is running

• Boulder Neurosurgical Associates — Boulder, Colorado, United States

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