Active clinical trials for "Spinal Diseases"

Philips Healthcare has added a virtual path planner to the current commercially available XperGuide software platform and that has the potential to significantly reduce dose during image-guided needle interventions.

The aim of our study is to determine the superior procedure in analgesia management by comparing the traditional wound infiltration technique with the ultrasound-guided bilateral erector spina plan block technique in spinal surgery patients.

The primary objective is to determine the validity of the Six-Minute-Walking Test (6WT) and Timed-Up and Go (TUG) test to measure objective functional impairment (OFI) in patients undergoing either interlaminar epidural steroid injection (ESI) or transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESI) for lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD)

The study determines the reliability and validity of the 6-Minute Walking Test (6MWT) in patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).

The aim of this of study is to identify the incidence of mechanical failures after spinal fusion within one year of surgery and to assess the related risk factors.

Purpose: The incidence of surgery for Degenerative lumbar Disc Disease (DDD). According to the national spine registries in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, there is a difference in surgical incidence between these countries. The cause for this difference is not known. It may reflect a difference in incidence of lumbar disc hernia, but with a similar socio-economic and ethnical background in these countries, it is more likely that the differences are due to varying surgical indications. Comparing indications for surgery, patient reported outcome and factors predictive for outcome after surgery for lumbar disc decease in these countries could provide information about optimal indications for surgery. Hypotheses: (i) there are no differences in patient-reported outcome after surgery between these countries, (ii) there are no differences in indications for surgery between these countries and (iii), factors that predict outcome are similar in these countries. Method of research: By using data from three Nordic national spine registers, investigators will compare baseline data, indications for surgery and patient reported outcome one year after surgery for lumbar disc decease. Register based studies have advantages such as large sample sizes, reflecting real life, but they also have limitations such as lower follow-up rates than clinical trials. A non-response analysis will be performed to take this into account.

Observational prospective study to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and the rate of complications of the XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) performed in prone position to treat spinal diseases of the lumbar region.

The primary objective of the Spine Registry is to enhance the understanding of spinal disease and treatment of spinal disease with the goal of guiding treatment options.

There is a debate in the literature about the effect of NSLBP on pelvic tilt and its effect on balance, sensory integration and functional disability so we need this study to fill the aforementioned gap in literature in this field. So the purpose of the study is to evaluate posterior pelvic tilt effect on overall dynamic balance, sensory integration and functional disability in patients with non-specific low back pain.

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