Lumbar surgery effect on walking complexity in chronic low back pain
Part of Pain clinical trials.
This study looks at how lumbar spine surgery (fusion or artificial disc “prosthesis” on one or two levels) affects how complex your walking looks and feels. It may help doctors better understand what to expect from surgery and how it changes movement in people with long-term low back pain.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have chronic low back pain and need surgery on one or two spinal levels using fusion or a disc prosthesis
- You are covered by a health insurance plan (or are a beneficiary of one)
- You can understand the study and freely give informed consent
- Your low back pain is not from infection, tumor, or inflammatory rheumatic disease
- You do not have serious nerve problems that cause major weakness (or cauda equina syndrome)
- You have not already had lumbar spine surgery (except a single discectomy)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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