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The Incidence of Thoracic Disc Herniation in Patients Presenting With Chronic Upper Back Pain

NCT05313997 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 194

Last updated 2022-08-05

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Summary

Patients who applied to the Private Medar Hospital between February 2016 and February 2021 with chronic upper back pain and were diagnosed with Thoaracic Disc Herniatin (TDH) (with Thoracic vertebral MRI) and followed up for at least 1 year will be included in the study.

Patients diagnosed with TDH were included in the medical treatment and/or physical therapy program.

Before and after these treatment programs, the pain intensity of the patients was recorded with the visual analog scale (VAS).

The number of patients who applied to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic with chronic upper back pain between February 2016 and February 2021 will be researched, and the demographic characteristics of those diagnosed with TDH will be selected and recorded in their files, their pre- and post-treatment VAS scores, and the results will be analyzed statistically.

Conditions

  • Thoracic Disc Herniation

Interventions

DRUG

Diclofenac Sodium

at first diclofenac sodium was prescribed to patients with chronic upper back pain. If the patient's pain persisted, she/he was included in the physical therapy (hotpack 20 minutes, ultrason 5 minutes, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 20 minutes) program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kocaeli University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • emine dundar ahi, ass professor · Kocaeli University

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-24
Primary Completion
2022-07-15
Completion
2022-07-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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