Long-Term Course of Korean Medicine Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation

Jaseng Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sciatica; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03426215

JS-CT-2017-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

This observational study will assess the long-term course and effect of Korean medicine treatment in lumbar intervertebral disc herniation patients who received integrative Korean medicine treatment for 24 weeks as part of a previous clinical study.

Full description

This observational study will assess the long-term course and effect of Korean medicine treatment in lumbar intervertebral disc herniation patients with a main complaint of radiating leg pain who received integrative Korean medicine treatment for 24 weeks at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine (Gangnam main branch) as part of a previous clinical study which was conducted from November, 2006 to April, 2007, and give written informed consent to long-term follow-up assessment at 10 years.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation patients with a main complaint of radiating leg pain who received integrative Korean medicine treatment for 24 weeks at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine (Gangnam main branch) as part of a previous clinical study which was conducted from November, 2006 to April, 2007
• Patients who give voluntary written informed consent to long-term follow-up assessment (quantitative and qualitative questionnaires, and MRI) at 10 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who cannot give voluntary written informed consent to this study or answer study questionnaires (e.g. severe psychological disorders)
• Patients participating in other clinical studies or otherwise deemed unsuitable by the researchers

Trial design

65 participants in 1 patient group

Ten year follow-up group

Description:

No interventions will be administered (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) will be administered as an outcome measurement).

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)