Healing spinal bone stress with MRI monitoring
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This study uses MRI scans to see how well a spinal stress injury (called a pars defect) heals over time. It might help if you are a young person with low back pain from a specific type of bone stress in the lower spine.
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Who can take part
- You are between 12 and 30 years old
- You have current low back pain
- An imaging scan has shown a stress injury or crack in a small bone in your lower spine (called the pars interarticularis)
- You have not had any past surgery on your lower back
- You are not pregnant and are not claustrophobic (afraid of small spaces)
- You can lie still for an MRI scan
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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