Status:
COMPLETED
Validation of a Treadmill Walking Test to Discriminate Neurogenic Claudication From Vascular Claudication
Lead Sponsor:
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Conditions:
Spinal Stenosis Lumbar
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Brief Summary
The first aim of this study was to elaborate and validate a treadmill walking test that would help discriminate between neurogenic claudication from vascular claudication. The second objective of this...
Detailed Description
To date, an important challenge that clinicians hare facing in the assessment and diagnosis of intermittent claudication is that pathologies associated with vascular or neurogenic claudication can coe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) group :
- Central stenosis
- Pain in at least one leg
- Neurological signs in the lower limbs (numbness or tingling)
- Weaknesses in the lower limb
- Pain relieved by sitting or bending the trunk
- Peripheral artery disease (PAD) group :
- Claudication while walking
- Ankle-brachial index \< 0.9
- Pain relieved by rest
- Low back pain (LBP) :
- Pain radiating in the lower limb
- Weaknesses
- Pain relieved by sitting
Exclusion
- Foraminal stenosis
- Spinal stenosis with predominant back pain
- Symptomatic disc herniation
- Previous lumbar surgery
- Previous vascular surgery
- Type 1 diabetes
- Knee or hip osteoarthritis
- Hip or knee arthroplasty
- Inability to provide free and informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
55 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04058171
Start Date
May 1 2018
End Date
March 30 2020
Last Update
March 9 2021
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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, G8Z 4M3