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Comparison of the Stiffness of the Lumbar Back Muscles Between Low Back Pain and Healthy Controls

NCT03750474 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2018-11-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Chronic low back pain remains a major public health issue. Low back pain is frequently associated with stiffness changes of the lumbar back muscles. The techniques which assess the stiffness of the back muscles are poorly reliable and do not allow the quantification of stiffness changes. Elastography (magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound) can be used to objectively and non-invasively quantify in vivo tissue elasticity. The aim of the investigator's study is to compare the stiffness in the main lumbar back muscles (i.e. the erector spinae and the multifidus) by using magnetic resonance elastography and shear wave elastography.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

magnetic resonance elastography and shear wave elastography

magnetic resonance elastography and shear wave elastography of the back muscles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maud CREZE, PHU · APHP

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-12-01
Primary Completion
2020-05-01
Completion
2020-05-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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