The Incidence of Thoracic Disc Herniation in Patients Presenting With Chronic Upper Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT05313997

Last Updated: 2022-08-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 194 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-05-24
• Study Completion Date: 2022-07-15

Brief Summary

Patients who applied to the Private Medar Hospital between February 2016 and February 2021 with chronic upper back pain and were diagnosed with Thoaracic Disc Herniatin (TDH) (with Thoracic vertebral MRI) and followed up for at least 1 year will be included in the study.

Patients diagnosed with TDH were included in the medical treatment and/or physical therapy program.

Before and after these treatment programs, the pain intensity of the patients was recorded with the visual analog scale (VAS).

The number of patients who applied to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic with chronic upper back pain between February 2016 and February 2021 will be researched, and the demographic characteristics of those diagnosed with TDH will be selected and recorded in their files, their pre- and post-treatment VAS scores, and the results will be analyzed statistically.

Conditions

Thoracic Disc Herniation

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Diclofenac Sodium

at first diclofenac sodium was prescribed to patients with chronic upper back pain.

If the patient's pain persisted, she/he was included in the physical therapy (hotpack 20 minutes, ultrason 5 minutes, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 20 minutes) program.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

physical therapy

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-65 years old
• admitted to the Private Medar Hospital Gölcük hospital between February 2016 and February 2021 with chronic upper back pain.
• Diagnosed with TDH as a result of thoracic vertebral MRI

Exclusion Criteria

• vertebral fracture,
• developmental spinal deformity,
• spinal infection or tumor,
• chronic widespread pain syndrome such as fibromyalgia,
• diabetes mellitus,
• polyneuropathy
• rheumatological disease
• under 18 years old
• over 65 years old
• who have had previous back and neck surgery

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Kocaeli University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Emine Dundar Ahi, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

emine dundar ahi, ass professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Kocaeli University

Locations

Private Medar Hospital

Kocaeli, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

2022-20

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id