Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
CSS-Assessing the Course of Degenerative Cervical Spinal Stenosis Using Functional Outcomes
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Conditions:
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Cervical Myelopathy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The study will consist of two parts: * In Study A, objectively assessed physical activity, gait, balance, range of movement of specific joints during walking and neurophysiological findings between p...
Detailed Description
Study A is a single centre cross-sectional study with two study groups, one that will be treated conservatively (stenosis) and one that will be treated surgically (stenosis and myelopathy). Study B i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 18 years
- Diagnosis of degenerative cervical spine stenosis defined by MRI (stenosis grade 2 or grade 3
- Local clinical symptoms due to degenerative changes of the cervical vertebral column with or without clinically defined myelopathy
Exclusion
- Stenosis after trauma or neoplasm
- Prior decompressive surgery
- Previous spine or extremity surgery with a consequent sensorimotor impairment
- Other pathologies than cervical spine stenosis causing gait disturbance
- BMI \> 35 kg/m2
- Use of walking aids
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Contraindications for recording of Motor evoked potentials (MEP)
- Contraindications to safely undergo MRI
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 16 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04381663
Start Date
September 16 2019
End Date
September 1 2025
Last Update
December 9 2024
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Universitätsspital Basel
Basel, Switzerland, 4031