Early Postoperative Home Exercise Program After Cervical Spine Surgery
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Spinal Fusion, Cervical Spine Degenerative Disease
In brief
The overall objective of this two-group randomized controlled trial is to gather preliminary evidence on the efficacy and safety of early postoperative exercise for improving disability, pain, and general physical health in patients after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery. Our central hypothesis is that an early home exercise program (HEP) performed within the first six weeks after surgery will decrease disability and pain and improve general health, through increases in physical activity and self-efficacy and reductions in fear of movement. The results of our randomized trial will advance research on postoperative management for patients with cervical spine surgery and provide evidence in line with a value-based healthcare approach for optimizing outcomes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02720172
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2016-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-02-12
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Surgical treatment of a cervical degenerative condition (cervical stenosis, spondylosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, disc herniation) using anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure;
- English speaking due to feasibility of employing study personnel to deliver and assess the study intervention; and
- Age older than 21 years (younger individuals do not typically have a cervical degenerative condition)
You may not qualify if…
- Patients having surgery secondary to trauma, fracture, tumor, infection, or spinal deformity;
- Patients undergoing cervical corpectomy;
- Diagnosis or presence of severe psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, including but not limited to Brief Psychotic disorder and Delusional disorder;
- Documented history of alcohol and/or drug abuse;
- Patients having surgery under a workman's compensation claim; and
- Unable to provide a stable telephone or physical address
Where it is running
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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