Physical Therapy Management in Degenerative Lumbar Diseases and Osteoporosis

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01703403

Enrollment

120

Registered

2012-10-10

Start date

2012-05-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2012-10-10

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Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

physical therapy, treated at NTUH and received rehabilitation at the PTC in recent ten years.

Brief summary

Low back pain is a common health issue in elderly population. According to the statistics, more than 80% of Taiwanese suffer low back pain in the life. The cause of low back pain includes lumbar spondylosis, osteoporosis, compression fracture, muscle strain, spondylolisthesis…etc. In addition to drugs and surgery, physical therapy is an alternative choice for conservative treatment. Therefore, in this study, the investigators propose to analyze the physical examination, diagnostic methods, X ray, physical therapy records, physical therapy methods and clinical outcomes in patients with the diagnosis including lumbar spondylosis, low back pain, osteoporosis, compression fracture, back pain treated at National Taiwan University Hospital and received rehabilitation at the Physical Therapy Center in recent ten years.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CROSSOVER

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Experimental group: Inclusion Criteria: * patients with the diagnosis including lumbar spondylosis, low back pain, osteoporosis, compression fracture, back pain treated at National Taiwan University Hospital * received rehabilitation at the Physical Therapy Center in recent ten years. Control group: Inclusion Criteria: * patients with the diagnosis including lumbar spondylosis, low back pain, osteoporosis, compression fracture, back pain treated at National Taiwan University Hospital * not received rehabilitation at the Physical Therapy Center in recent ten years.

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactWei-Li Hsu, PT,PhD

wlhsu@ntu.edu.tw886-2-33668127

Outcome results