Low Back Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
exercise
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a rehabilitation program following lumbar microdiscectomy influences short-term (4 months) and long-term (up to 5 years)outcomes in quality of life, activity and endurance.
Detailed description
Exercise
Interventions
PROCEDUREOther: Exercise
exercise 3 times per week for 12 weeks
Sponsors
University of Southern California
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18-60 years old * Single level lumbar microdiscectomy
Exclusion criteria
* Potential subjects will be excluded is they exhibit symptoms suggestive of facet arthrosis or neurogenic claudication, or if their plain radiographs showed more than 50 percent loss of disc height at the relevant level. * Patients in whom the protrusion occupied more than 50 percent of the sagittal diameter of the spinal canal or in whom sequestrated fragments were seen on MRI will also be excluded. Other
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ODI | pre and post intervention |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed