Cerebrospinal Fluid Congestion in Spinal Stenosis Patients

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Spinal Stenosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01630382

H-1203-088-402

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesized spinal stenosis symptom was provocation due to cerebrospinal fluid congestion.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• neurogenic claudication more than 3months
• relief neurogenic claudication by lumbar flexion
• spinal stenosis symptom by physical exam.
• who can walk more than 30 min.

Exclusion criteria

• vascular claudication by physical exam.( ABI <0.9)
• structural change in vertebral ( tumor, congenital deformity)
• operation history at spinal bone
• metallic foreign body
• peripheral polyneuropathy