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

November 5, 2019 updated by: Cleveland Clinic Florida

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

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

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Weston, Florida, United States, 33331
        • Cleveland Clinic Florida

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must present with clinical symptoms of low back pain and evaluated by the study physician
  • Visual Analog Score (VAS) for Pain >6 in response to the following question: Circle one number (from 0 = no pain to 10 = worst pain) "How would you rate the worst pain you experienced in last week."
  • Patients must have x-ray and or an MRI film for diagnostic evaluation based on physician judgment.
  • Age >18; both male and female
  • Pain duration >3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior use of opioids, physical therapy, epidural injections for back pain or ongoing chiropractor care and or acupuncture treatment
  • Moderate to severe arthritis of the spine/ knee or hip that might severely compromise ambulation and or posture
  • Patients with diagnosed lumbar canal stenosis
  • Serious concomitant medical illness (i.e., heart disease)
  • Obese patients (twice the width of the Moller Orthopedic Back Support)
  • Patients with moderate to severe scoliosis
  • Past or present existence of a movement disorder, e.g., Parkinsonism, or any neurological disease that might affect ambulation and or postural changes History of osteoporosis
  • Severe psychiatric disorder
  • Prior spine surgery
  • Multiple vertebral compression fractures with kyphosis
  • Past or present workmen's compensation claim, SSI disability, or ongoing litigation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
Patients in this group will receive physical therapy and posture education for low back pain
Active Comparator: Test Group
Patients in this group will receive spinal / back supports in addition to physical therapy and posture education for low back pain
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.
Other Names:
  • Moller Back Support System

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Low Back Pain
Time Frame: 6 months
numeric pain scale was used to determine pain at 1 week intervals starting from week 1 to week 24. Pain scores were determined by the numeric pain score of 1 to 10 (1 being the least painful to 10 being the highest level of pain) then summed up and averaged at 24 time points at 1 week intervals starting from week 1 to week 24.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Collaborators

Integral Orthopedics Inc.

Investigators

  • Study Director: Vinod K Podichetty, MD,MS, Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • Principal Investigator: David Westerdahl, MD, Cleveland Clinic Florida

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 2, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 2, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

November 4, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 25, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2019

Last Verified

November 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IOI

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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