Physical Therapy vs Surgical Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
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Conditions studied: Spinal Stenosis
In brief
This is a randomized controlled multicenter trail comparing physical therapy to surgical decompression in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. The 0-hypothesis is that there is no difference in the efficacy of structured physical therapy compared to surgical decompression. Our aim is to evaluate if physical therapy can serve as a nonsurgical alternative for patients with LSS, where the severity of symptoms indicates the need of surgical decompression.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04552145
- Run by
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- People needed
- 232
- Starts
- 2020-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-06-22
Who can join
Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients describing intermittent neurogenic claudication when walking and symptoms revealed by flexion of the spine.
- MRI shows lumbar spinal stenosis in one or two levels measured.
- The duration of the symptoms is longer than six months
- The patient is a candidate for surgical treatment
- The patient is capable of physical exercise
You may not qualify if…
- Vascular intermittent claudication
- Lumbar spinal stenosis in more than two levels
- Previous low back surgery
- Symptomatic lumbar disc herniation
- Degenerative scoliosis with Cobbs angle 30 degrees or more
- Degenerative spondylolisthesis grade 2 or more
- Spondylolysis with spondylolisthesis
- Recent osteoporotic fractures in the spine (last 6 month)
- Severe symptomatic arthrosis in hip or knee
- Locally advanced or metastatic cancer
- ASA >3
- Polyneuropathy recognized by neurography
- Insufficient Norwegian language skills
Where it is running
- Innlandet Hospital Trust — Lillehammer, Norway (enrolling)
- Martina Hansen's Hospital — Oslo, Norway (enrolling)
- St Olavs Hospital — Trondheim, Norway (enrolling)
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