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The Prevalence of Directional Preference in the Lumbar Stenosis Population

Description

This will be a prospective cohort observational study observing patients with low back pain with leg pain who present for outpatient physical therapy care at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Lake Success. Patients are eligible if they present with imaging of stenosis in their lumbar spine on MRI or CT Scan and note radicular leg symptoms with associated neurological deficits on the physical examination for at least 12 weeks.

Conditions

Lumbar Stenosis
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Lumbar Stenosis

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Study Details

Study overview

This will be a prospective cohort observational study observing patients with low back pain with leg pain who present for outpatient physical therapy care at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Lake Success. Patients are eligible if they present with imaging of stenosis in their lumbar spine on MRI or CT Scan and note radicular leg symptoms with associated neurological deficits on the physical examination for at least 12 weeks.

A Single-center Observational Study Looking at the Prevalence of Directional Preference in the Lumbar Stenosis Population for Low Back Pain Patients

The Prevalence of Directional Preference in the Lumbar Stenosis Population

Condition
Lumbar Stenosis
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Lake Success

NYU Langone Health, Lake Success, New York, United States, 11042

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Neurogenic claudication (pain in the buttock, thigh, or leg during ambulation) or radicular leg symptoms with associated neurological deficits on the physical examination for at least 12 weeks.
  • * Confirmatory cross-sectional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) imaging demonstrating the presence of either central or lateral lumbar spinal stenosis at one or more levels was required.
  • * Age \>48 years old
  • * Willing and able to consent
  • * Scheduled to receive physical therapy that includes the collection of patients outcomes, functional tests, and may include the conduct of a two-stage treadmill test
  • * Radiographic evidence of instability, degenerative spondylolisthesis, fracture, or scoliosis of more than 15°.
  • * Comorbid health conditions precluding surgical management, prior lumbar surgery, progressive neurological deficit, any inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or indication of a potential non-musculoskeletal spinal condition (e.g., active malignancy, infection, etc.)

Ages Eligible for Study

48 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

NYU Langone Health,

William Oswald, DPT, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

2026-06-09