NCT01628939

Association Between Clinical Signs and MRI Findings of the Lumbar Facet Joints

Association Between Clinical Signs Assessed by Manual Segmental Examination and Findings of the Lumbar Facet Joints in Magnetic-resonance Scans in Subjects With and Without Current Low Back - a Prospective Single-blinded Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Christoph Maier, Prof. Dr. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine 1. the prevalence of lumbar facet joint pain detected by manual segmental provocation tests 2. the prevalence of MRI findings of the lumbar facet joints (hypertrophy, effusion, edema) 3. the association of lumbar facet joint pain and MRI findings on a segmental level in subjects with current low back pain and in a control group.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Facet Joint Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	MRI of the lumbar spine	standard protocol, approximately 30 minutes
OTHER	manual segmental examination of the lumbar facet joints	use of three different segmental facet joint provocation tests (spinal palpation, segmental rotation and springing-test) from Th12-L1 to L5-S1

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2009-11-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2012-06-27
• Last updated: 2012-06-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany