None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Men or women between 20 and 60 yr of age 2) Conservative treatment (transforaminal epidural block or caudal block) for neurological low back pain with radicular pain 3) Episode lasting 1 to 3-mon 4) No contraindications to step I or step II analgesics, NSAID, benzodiazepines and thiocolchicoside. Signing the consent form, which was explained to them ?rst
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients who have used a lumbar belt during the last 6 mo 2) Patients who have suffered from a low back pain episode during the 6 mo preceding inclusion 3) Patients who had had a spinal operation during the 5 yr preceding inclusion 4) Patients who have secondary low back pain due to an accident at work 5) Patients who have a history of spinal arthrodesis 6) Patients who have an unstabilized or symptomatic, chronic cardiac or respiratory complaint 7) Patients who suffer from low back pain with an in?ammatory, tumoural, or infectious cause 8) Patients with a contraindication to step I or step II analgesics, NSAID, benzodiazepines, and thiocolchicoside 9) Patients who are pregnant Patients whose higher functions do not enable them to properly comprehend the protocol or to reliably record the data 10) Exclusion of patients with a chronic cardiac or respiratory complaint was justi?ed by the theoretical warning of the potential effect of wearing a lumbar belt on the increase in cardio-respiratory load
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Roland-Morris disability questionnaire(RMDQ);The oswestry disability questionnaire (ODQ)’ | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Suface EMG on core muscles;Ultrasonographic study | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Catholic Kwandong University