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NCT02611427
Increasing Long-Term Physical Activity After Lumbar Spine Surgery
Conditions: Lumbar Spine Degenerative Changes
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers: No
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 260
Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Location: Hospital for Special Surgery New York New York
Summary
After recuperating from low back surgery patients often perpetuate a sedentary lifestyle because they are concerned about injury and recurrent pain. The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of a program to increase lifestyle walking starting several months after low back surgery.
Eligibility Criteria
* Inclusion Criteria: Patients will be eligible if they had lumbar surgery for a degenerative condition and their surgeon deems it safe for them to walk more.
* Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded if they had any new cardiopulmonary symptoms since surgery.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02611427). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.
