NCT03325309

Barriers and Facilitators to Cycling for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Barriers and Facilitators to a Home-based Cycling Program Tailored to Patients' Preferences in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Using Connected Ergometric Bicycles: a 3-month Open Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a home-based cycling program for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis is a feasible and acceptable

Detailed description

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a prevalent and disabling condition in elderly individuals. Lumbar spinal stenosis results in lumbar and/or radicular leg pain when standing and walking, while symptoms regress in lumbar flexion positions and at rest. The inability to stand or walk impairs functioning and health-related quality of life of elders, and has an important healthcare cost. The 2 main treatment options for lumbar spinal stenosis are conservative or surgical. Laminectomy may be more effective on pain and function than conservative therapy. However, the benefit-risk balance of surgery should be considered in this population with numerous co-morbidities, and evidence is inconsistent. Therefore, conservative therapy is usually the first line option to avoid or delay surgery. Data regarding exercise therapy are scarce. Lumbar-flexion-based exercises are usually recommended. A pilot study suggested that lumbar-flexion-based endurance training, namely cycling, could be an effective and safe method to improve pain, function and health-related quality of life in elderly patients with chronic low back pain but barriers to adhering to the program were detected. Investigators aim to assess barriers and facilitators to a 3-month home-based cycling program in lumbar spinal stenosis.

Conditions

• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Home-based cycling	A single outpatient supervised session followed by a 3-month home-based cycling program tailored to patients' preferences

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-29
• Primary completion: 2016-12-21
• Completion: 2016-12-21
• First posted: 2017-10-30
• Last updated: 2018-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France