Physical Therapy vs Surgical Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Spinal Stenosis
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 50 – 80
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 232 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Other
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About This Trial
This is a randomized controlled multicenter trail comparing physical therapy to surgical decompression in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. The 0-hypothesis is that there is no difference in the efficacy of structured physical therapy compared to surgical decompression.
Our aim is to evaluate if physical therapy can serve as a nonsurgical alternative for patients with LSS, where the severity …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients describing intermittent neurogenic claudication when walking and symptoms revealed by flexion of the spine.
* MRI shows lumbar spinal stenosis in one or two levels measured.
* The duration of the symptoms is longer than six months
* The patient is a candidate for surg…
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