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Rehabilitation Following Lumbar Disc Surgery

NCT00894972 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2012-11-06

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Summary

The proposed study will be a randomized clinical trial designed to determine the most effective physical therapy program for individuals who have undergone lumbar discectomy surgery. The study will compare two different post-operative physical therapy programs (general strengthening or general + specific strengthening). Both groups will begin treatment 2 weeks post-surgery. Subjects in both groups will receive weekly treatment sessions for 8 weeks with a treatment program emphasizing exercises shown to activate the large trunk muscles without imposing potentially harmful compression or shear forces. The general + specific strengthening group will also receive exercises shown to isolate activation of the deep trunk muscles, in particular the multifidus, with training augmented by the use of diagnostic ultrasound biofeedback. Patient assessments will be conducted pre- and post-surgery, as well as 10 (post-treatment) and 26 weeks after surgery.

Conditions

  • Lumbar Disc Herniation
  • Radiculopathy

Interventions

OTHER

Rehabilitation following lumbar disc surgery (discectomy)

Exercise: walking, range of motion, and general trunk strengthening with or without specific trunk muscle motor control exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Julie Fritz, PT, PhD, ATC · University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • United States

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