Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:26 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:26 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00165893
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Chronic low back pain for \> 3 months due to mild to moderate disc degeneration, lumbar spondylosis, and facet arthropathy without leg pain based on the physician's history and physical and imaging studies
* Over 18 years old
* Able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Infection, neurological deficits, systemic disease that would affect treatment outcome such as inflammatory joint diseases; malignancies with involvement in the musculoskeletal system
* Evidence of severe neural compression on imaging studies, i.e. spinal stenosis or large herniated disc
* Uncontrolled mood disorder
* History of drug or substance abuse
* Lumbar spine pathology requiring surgical intervention
* Previous spine surgery of the lumbar spine, except discectomies \>12 months
* Improvement with similar non-surgical treatments in the last 3 months
* Active litigation, workers compensation
* Females whom are pregnant
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00165893
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00165893