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Effectiveness of a 6-week specific rehabilitation program combining education and exercises on walking capacity in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: a randomized controlled clinical trial protocol.

Mariève Houle, Charles Tétreau, Claude-Édouard Châtillon, Andrée-Anne Marchand, Martin Descarreaux

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Article in Trials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05513326 (Effectiveness of a 6-week Specific Rehabilitation Program Combining Education and Exercises on Walking Capacity in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Neurogenic Claudication), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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NCT05513326 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of a 6-week Specific Rehabilitation Program Combining Education and Exercises on Walking Capacity in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Neurogenic Claudication

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversité du Québec à Trois-RivièresRan2023 to 2025Enrolled51ConditionsSpinal StenosisArmsExercises and education, Education alone
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Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mariève HouleDepartment of Anatomy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351, boul. des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada. marieve.houle@uqtr.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1834-1204
Charles TétreauDepartment of Human Kinetics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Claude-Édouard ChâtillonCentre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec (CIUSSS MCQ), Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Andrée-Anne MarchandDepartment of Chiropractic, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Martin DescarreauxDepartment of Human Kinetics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CACentre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) causing neurogenic claudication (NC) is a leading cause of disability which is intimately related to a decrease in walking capacity. Walking limitation has negative physical and mental impacts on patients. Recent guidelines recommend the use of conservative treatment options such as exercises before considering surgery. Unfortunately, dedicated healthcare resources for the conservative management of patients with LSS causing NC are uncommon. Thus, it is important to develop accessible and specific rehabilitation programs aimed at improving patients' self-management, especially with regard to walking capacity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-week specific rehabilitation program combining education and exercises on walking capacity in patients with LSS causing NC. METHODS/

designThis is a prospective randomized controlled parallel-group clinical trial. Sixty-six patients with LSS causing NC will be recruited from identified clinics and local advertisements. The intervention group will receive standardized education and specific exercises while the control group will only receive a standardized education. The program in both groups will last for 6 weeks with 5 evaluation time points (baseline, week 2, week 4, week 6, and week 12). The primary outcome will be walking capacity measured with the Self-Paced Walking Test, and the secondary outcomes will be back and leg pain intensity, LSS-related disability, self-efficacy, level of physical activity, anxiety, depression, gait pattern characteristics, balance, and global perceived change. DISCUSSION: This study will assess the effectiveness of a 6-week specific rehabilitation program combining education and exercises on walking capacity in patients with LSS causing NC. By measuring objective gait pattern characteristics, the study will also provide new information about the impact of NC on gait pattern that could eventually improve the evaluation and the management of LSS.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05513326 . Registered on August 22, 2022.

Indexed as

Spinal StenosisBack PainGaitHumansLegLumbar VertebraeProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicWalkingEducationExercisesNeurogenic claudicationRandomized controlled trialSpinal stenosisWalking capacity

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PMID36572884
PMCPMC9793648
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