Cardiorespiratory fitness testing for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease

Clinical application and usefulness of practical cardiorespiratory fitness assessment in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease: validity and reliability - Cardiorespiratory fitness testing for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON58376

Enrollment

Registered

2025-10-31

Start date

2026-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-16

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Conditions

Degenerative lumbar spine disease Low back pain

Interventions

No intervention. Testing the validity of the SRT compared with the CPET as gold standard&nbsp

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age =18 years;Degenerative disorder of the lumbar spine: degenerative disc disease, spondylosis, spondylolysis/-listhesis (grade 1 or 2), spinal stenosis, adjacent level disease, post-herniotomy, post-laminectomy instability (iatrogenic instability) or (recurrent) disc herniation;Adult patients with an indication for open lumbar spinal decompression (i.e. laminectomy),  lumbar discectomy or 1-3 level LSF (either open or percutaneous). LSF includes a Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) with decompression surgery;Conservative treatment of the lumbar spine (e.g. pain optimisation, physiotherapy)No contraindications for exercise testing (physical activity readiness questionnaire [PAR-Q]: see Appendix 1);Being proficient in the Dutch language.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Non-degenerative disorder of the spine: i.e. traumatic, oncological, infection;Indication for more than 3 level spinal fusion;Unable to ride the cycle ergometer (whatever the reason);Unwillingness to adhere to study protocol (no informed consent).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main study parameters are the attained work rate at peak exercise (WRpeak, in W) at both SRTs, as well as the achieved VO2 at the VAT (mL/min) and VO2peak (mL/min) during CPET. Primary objective is to test the validity of the SRT as practical alternative performance-based test of cardiorespiratory fitness, to be examined by correlating test scores to CPET scores.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Second, we aim to determine the test-retest reproducibility of the SRT in these patients by evaluating the reliability and agreement of test scores attained at two separate occasions.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactE.R.C. Janssen

VieCuri Medisch Centrum

estherjanssen@viecuri.nl077 320 5555

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 20, 2026