Implementation of Pedometer for Monitoring Step Count Pre and Post Lumbar ESI for Radicular Pain

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Device: Pedometer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02356783

#2014-135

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our aim is to assess usability and compliance of a wireless pedometer for monitoring step count after a lumbar epidural steroid injection for the treatment of radicular pain in low back pain patients. Our main hypothesis is to demonstrate pedometer measured step count can be used to measure efficacy of pain interventions.

Enrollment: 43 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age and older
• Patients receiving lumbar epidural steroid injections as pain management to be scheduled at least one week away (-2 days/1 month).
• Patients who are able to understand how the Fitbit instrument works and are willing to consent to the study.
• Patient who used web-based communication frequently, e.g. Email.
• Patients who can speak, understand, and write in English.
• Prior MRI or an appointment to obtain an MRI prior to the procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Workers' compensation cases.
• Patient does not have a computer at home.
• Non-ambulatory patients.
• Patients who have received a lumbar epidural steroid injection in the past 6 months.
• Nursing or pregnant women.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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43 participants in 2 patient groups

Interlaminar

Other group

Description:

Approach for lumbar epidural steroid injection for this arm will be interlaminar. We will be implementing a wireless pedometer to each of the 15 patients in this group to measure our primary and secondary outcomes.

Treatment:

Device: Pedometer

Transforaminal

Other group

Description:

Approach for lumbar epidural steroid injection for this arm will be transforaminal. We will be implementing a wireless pedometer to each of the 15 patients in this group to measure our primary and secondary outcomes.

Treatment:

Device: Pedometer