Physical Therapy Treatments, Including Neural Mobilization and Hip/Back Stretches for People Between 50-89 With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Leg Pain Provoked by Walking

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Treatments

Other: Physical therapy intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03368638

A17-4019

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aging of the back is common in the older people and can result in difficulties standing and walking. Conservative treatment is recommended before considering surgery. Some recommended exercises involve the use of expensive equipment. The present study plans to evaluate if specifically moving the nerves in the legs/back and improving flexibility of the hip and back can benefit patients. These exercises require no equipment, are simple to perform, and can provide patients a way to continue to perform these exercises at home. The purposes of this study are to (1) observe the benefit of a treatment program involving moving the nerves of the leg/back, stretching the legs and low back in patients with low back pain and difficulties walking; and (2) determine if benefits received remain at a 3-month follow-up.

Enrollment

8 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50 to 89 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults aged between 50-89 years old
Intermittent unilateral or bilateral leg pain occurring with walking and standing activities that is relieved only with sitting or by assuming flexed positions
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) confirmation of lumbar spinal stenosis
Leg symptoms greater than 4/10 and provoked within 15 minutes of walking

Exclusion criteria