Qualitative Pain Measurement at Patients With Degenerative Low Back Pain

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Degeneration of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01980576

N-20110053

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is:

• to measure sensitization of the nociceptive system at patients with low back pain in order to carry out a necessary surgical procedure
• to examine a possible association between low back pain and degenerative changes
• to analyse if low back pain is related to the clinical result 6 months after surgery
• to set up a model for pre-operative measurement of pain.

Enrollment: 1 patient

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who are going to be treated surgically for spondylitis
• ability to understand Danish in order to filling in a questionnaire
• a written signed statement of consent

Exclusion criteria

• removal of implants
• diabetic neuropathy or another neuropathic disease
• neurological diseases
• unability to read or understand Danish

Trial design

1 participants in 1 patient group

Pre-operative pain measurement

Description:

Patients with low back pain