Active clinical trials for "Intervertebral Disc Displacement"

Approximately 300,000 patients undergo open surgical procedures to treat symptoms caused by disc herniation. Among the various surgical techniques practiced the percutaneous discectomy occupies its space since the first description of the technique by Hijikata, 1975. Throughout, many techniques have been described. Studies indicate that the treatment was successful for pain and disability resulting from herniated disc associated with radiculopathy small. However, some methods remove very small amounts of tissue with little change in volume of the disc. Thus, studies on the cadaver with Percutaneous Diskectomy by SpineJet ® showed more macroscopic changes of the disc with a predictable amount of removal and significant disc material. The Percutaneous Diskectomy by SpineJet ® is a new technique of percutaneous diskectomy which creates a suction effect in tissues adjacent to the exit point of the fluid and the opening point of the collector. However, no studies have examined the effect of the Percutaneous Diskectomy by SpineJet ® in humans about the disk size after treatment or measures of disc degeneration by imaging methods or how these characteristics might correlate with clinical outcomes. Thus, the study will compare outcomes of patients with contained or extruded disc herniation, with complaints of radiculopathy, concordant with the imaging findings. With treatment by surgical technique or the traditional by SpineJet ®, in order to determine whether percutaneous discectomy with SpineJet ® will produce results comparable to open microdiskectomy.

The purpose of this clinical trial is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Investigational implant as compared to the Control implant in the treatment of patients with one level or two adjacent levels of cervical symptomatic degenerative disc disease.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CEP-37247 compared with placebo as assessed by the occurrence of adverse events, and the mean change in average pain intensity (API) in the affected leg.

The purpose of this study is to find out if use of a cervical disc prosthesis in the treatment of a cervical disc herniation preserves or restores normal mobility and movement in the cervical spine.

The purpose of this study is to compare a standard surgical procedure, open surgical microdiscectomy, used primarily to relieve leg pain and repair disc herniation to a newer surgical procedure, hydrodiscectomy with Spinejet®. The study will examine how well each procedure reduces subject pain and disability over a one-year period. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI-use of a magnetic field to produce an image) of the lower spinal column taken before and after surgery will also be looked at to determine what physical changes have taken place over the course of a year. Subjects enrolled in this study will also be asked to keep track of their medical expenses related to treating their back pain to see if the surgeries being compared reduce out of pocket expenses.

The effectiveness of physical therapy for treatment of anterior disc displacement without reduction of temporomandibular disorders has not been well defined. This study compared the treatment method with conservative splint therapy. Fifty two subjects were assigned at random to either of two treatment groups: one is a splint treatment group, and the other is a joint mobilization self exercise group. Each treatment was evaluated using four outcome variables: (i) maximum mouth opening range without and (ii) with pain, (iii) present pain intensity, and (iv) limitation of daily activities. All outcome variables were significantly improved after eight-week of treatment in the exercise group. Meanwhile, the splint treatment improved three variables, other than "mouth opening with pain"; however, the degree of improvement was less than that seen in the exercise group. This result demonstrates that the joint mobilization self exercise improves jaw function and relieves pain as compared to the splint treatment.

Hypothesis - This study is designed to evaluate the results of using the Orthotrac Pneumatic Vest versus an EZ form brace in patients with radiating leg pain from disc bulge / protrusion / herniation. Specifically, our hypothesis is that patients given the Orthotrac Pneumatic Vest (OPV) will have greater pain relief and increased self-reported functionality and fewer progressions to surgery than those using the EZ form brace.

This study tests the effectiveness of different treatments for the three most commonly diagnosed lumbar (lower) spine conditions. The purpose of the study is to learn which of two commonly prescribed treatments (surgery and non-surgical therapy) works better for specific types of low back pain. In this part of the study, people with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (damage to the tissue between the bones of the lower spine, or backbone) will receive either discectomy (surgical removal of herniated disc material) or non-surgical treatment. This study does not cover the cost of treatment.

To compare the effect of ELDOA and Mechanical traction technique on pain in patients with lumbar disc herniation. To compare the effect of ELDOA and Mechanical traction technique on disability in patients with lumbar disc herniation.

The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Balance and Quality of Life in Chronic Period in Individuals With Lumbar Disc Herniation