Study Comparing 3 Different Treatments for Arthritis of the Lower Back (Lumbar Spinal Stenosis)
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Official title
A Comparison of Non-Surgical Treatment Methods for Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01943435
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Michael Schneider, DC, PhD
- Other
- Enrollment
- 259 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Group Exercise: community setting Other
- Individualized exercises: clinical setting Other
- Joint Mobilizations (spine, sacroiliac, hip) Other
- Lumbar epidural injection Procedure
- NSAIDs; adjunctive analgesics; adjunctive anti-depressants Drug
Other · Procedure · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 60 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 19, 2013
- Primary completion
- Jun 6, 2016
- Completion
- Jun 9, 2016
- Last update posted
- Apr 1, 2018
2013 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Shadyside Center for Integrative Medicine | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15232 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 1, 2018 · Synced May 7, 2026
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