NCT04552145

Physical Therapy vs Surgical Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Physical Therapy Versus Surgical Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 232 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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 of symptoms indicates the need of surgical decompression.

Conditions

• Spinal Stenosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	surgery	standard decompression surgery
BEHAVIORAL	Physiotherapy	3 month physical therapy treatment including home activity based on a well defined program and 4 to 6 visits at physical therapy intervention center.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2026-08-30
• Completion: 2027-08-31
• First posted: 2020-09-17
• Last updated: 2025-06-22

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Norway