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The Value of Traction in Treatment of Lumbar Radiculopathy

NCT00942227 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2013-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of adding mechanical traction to standard physical therapy treatments for patients with low back pain.

Conditions

  • Sciatica
  • Radiculopathy
  • Spinal Diseases
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Intervertebral Disk Displacement

Interventions

OTHER

Physical therapy rehabilitation

Extension oriented exercises. Subjects will be instructed in a progression of extension oriented exercises for the lumbar spine

OTHER

Physical therapy rehabilitation

Mechanical lumbar traction will be applied with subjects in prone utilizing 40-60% of subject's body weight to create a distraction force in the lumbar spine. Following traction, subjects will be instructed in a progression of extension oriented exercises and manual therapy to increase extension as described for the comparator group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Utah

    collaborator OTHER

  • 59th Medical Wing

    collaborator FED

  • Empi, A DJO Company

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Intermountain Health Care, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julie M Fritz, PhD · Intermountain Healthcare; University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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