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Physiotherapy Following Disc Surgery: Long Term Follow-up of a RCT

NCT01922063 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2013-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hitherto no comprehensive long-term follow-up data of 10 years and more have been obtained from survivors of disc surgery that would have considered the type of postoperative care.

Objectives: 1) To evaluate the long-term effects of postoperative comprehensive physiotherapy starting 1 week after lumbar disc surgery. 2) To assess the relative risk of segmental instability in the operated segment 12 years following lumbar disc surgery.

Conditions

  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physiotherapy Intervention

20x 30 min sessions of physiotherapy

BEHAVIORAL

Sham neck massage

20x 30 minutes sessions of neck massage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Vienna

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerold Ebenbichler, MD · Medical University of Vienna

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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