Effectiveness of Lumbar Traction in Lumbar Disk Herniation

Clinical Results After Medical Therapy Alone or Medical Therapy Associated With Lumbar Traction in the Treatment of Nerve Root Pain of Lumbar Disc Herniation With Disco-radicular Conflict

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02793440

Enrollment

412

Registered

2016-06-08

Start date

2013-12-02

Completion date

2023-01-02

Last updated

2021-08-11

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Conditions

Lumbar Disk Herniation

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcome of medical treatment associated with lumbar traction and medical treatment alone in the treatment of lumbar disk herniation.

Detailed description

This is a prospective and randomized study. Medical treatment = anti-inflammatory therapy and epidural Medical treatment associated with lumbar traction medical treatment = + 5 lumbar traction sessions.

Interventions

OTHERcortivazol treatment

OTHERlumbar traction

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion : * patient with lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy, over 18 years and consenting Exclusion : * sciatic complicated (motor deficit or cauda equina syndrome), against indication for medical treatment and / or lumbar traction * previous lumbar surgery * sciatica without disc herniation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Decrease radicular pain (25%)	to 4 weeks

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactJean-Hugues SALMON

jhsalmon@chu-reims.fr326784365

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026