NCT00553540

Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Orthopedic Spinal Supports in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

A Randomized Prospective Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Orthopedic Spinal Supports in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cleveland Clinic Florida · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether orthopedic spinal supports are effective in the treatment of low back pain.

Detailed description

Back pain is a common and expensive medical condition. Although rarely life-threatening, back disorders are a major cause of pain, disability, and social cost affecting the quality of life in most patients. Although primary care providers routinely treat back pain, little is known about how often primary care providers manage occupation-related symptoms and how outcomes compare with other treatment modalities. Treatment outcomes utilizing a non-operative treatment paradigm have not been adequately studied. This paradigm consists of treating patients sequentially with analgesics, physical therapy, use of back supports, caudal epidural steroid injections, or surgical referral. The use of spinal supports as a complimentary treatment along with physical therapy and posture education is promising.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Back supports	The spinal / back supports are made of polymer shield covered by fabric and foam to be used externally to relieve back pain and offer spinal support. They are to be placed in the chair used in workstation related jobs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-10-01
• Primary completion: 2008-08-01
• Completion: 2008-08-01
• First posted: 2007-11-05
• Last updated: 2019-11-25
• Results posted: 2019-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States