NCT01922063

Physiotherapy Following Disc Surgery: Long Term Follow-up of a RCT

Long Term Follow-up of Comprehensive Physiotherapy Following Disc Herniation Operation: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hitherto no comprehensive long-term follow-up data of 10 years and more have been obtained from survivors of disc surgery that would have considered the type of postoperative care. Objectives: 1) To evaluate the long-term effects of postoperative comprehensive physiotherapy starting 1 week after lumbar disc surgery. 2) To assess the relative risk of segmental instability in the operated segment 12 years following lumbar disc surgery.

Detailed description

Design: Twelve years' follow-up of a three-armed, randomized, controlled, single blinded clinical trial. Setting: Outpatient department of Physical Medicine \& Rehabilitation. Participants: Of 120 patients following first-time, uncomplicated lumbar disc surgery who participated in the original study are invited to a 12 years follow-up examination. Interventions: In the original study, patients had been randomly assigned to "comprehensive physiotherapy", "sham intervention" (neck massage), or no therapy. Measurements: Low Back Pain Rating Score (LBPRS; Manniche 1993), functional X-rays of the lumbar spine. All data are collected by blinded students and physicians at the Department of PM\&R, Vienna Medical University.

Conditions

• Intervertebral Disc Displacement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Physiotherapy Intervention	20x 30 min sessions of physiotherapy
BEHAVIORAL	Sham neck massage	20x 30 minutes sessions of neck massage

Timeline

• Start date: 1996-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2013-08-14
• Last updated: 2013-08-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria