Back muscle health and spine slippage
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This study looks at how the muscles next to the spine may affect a common spine problem called degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, where one back bone slips forward over the one below it. It aims to find risk factors that might make this condition worse.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are over 50 years old.
- You have lower back pain.
- You have had an MRI of your lower back before any surgery.
- You have not had spine surgery in the past.
- You do not have a spinal tumor, infection, or tuberculosis in the spine.
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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