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Association Between Clinical Signs and MRI Findings of the Lumbar Facet Joints

NCT01628939 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2012-06-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine

1. the prevalence of lumbar facet joint pain detected by manual segmental provocation tests
2. the prevalence of MRI findings of the lumbar facet joints (hypertrophy, effusion, edema)
3. the association of lumbar facet joint pain and MRI findings on a segmental level

in subjects with current low back pain and in a control group.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Facet Joint Pain

Interventions

OTHER

MRI of the lumbar spine

standard protocol, approximately 30 minutes

OTHER

manual segmental examination of the lumbar facet joints

use of three different segmental facet joint provocation tests (spinal palpation, segmental rotation and springing-test) from Th12-L1 to L5-S1

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Christoph Maier, Prof. Dr.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christoph Maier, M.D., PhD · Head of the Department of Pain medicine, BG Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, 44789 Bochum, Germany

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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