Postural Balance and Stability Among Patients With Cervical and Back Pain

Clalit Health Services

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Back Pain; Spinal Stenosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02395887

MeirMc0297-14CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

High percentage of chronic back pain is due to spinal stenosis. The clinical picture is of 'neurogenic claudication' which effects postural balance and stability. If conservative treatment fail to improve symptoms, an invasive treatment which includes spinal decompression can be done.

The research is an observational prospective one, pre and post operational intervention. The aim is to examine whether an operational intervention improves quality of life, pain, postural balance an stability among patients.

It's important to clarify, that although there is operational intervention, the research is observational. The decision weather to operate or not, is not a part of the research. The investigators assume that since there is a population that independently going through an operation, the investigators can observe this population and evaluate different aspects of the operation outcomes.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients suffering from back or neck pain
• Patients that are candidates for operational intervention

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women
• Patients who had a spinal operation in the past.

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervational

Description:

Patients with back or neck pain who are a candidates for operational intervention.

Control

Description:

Men or women who haven't seek for spine surgery consultation.