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NCT Number: NCT01177449

The Effect of Prolotherapy on Balance and Lumbar Flexibility in the Patients With a Sacralized L5 Vertebra

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of prolotherapy on balance and lumbar flexibility in the patients with a sacralized L5 vertebra. Evaluations for ability on balance include sensory organization test (SOT,) rhythmic weight shifting (RWS) and limits of stability (LOS.)

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Key information

Conditions

Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra

Age range

16 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Linkou Branch

Guishan, Taoyuan County, 33305, Taiwan

About this study

Lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) is a congenital variety of vertebral bony construction, which is most frequently presented as sacralized L5 or lumbarized S1. LSTV would alter the kinetics of the spine thus induce inadequate mobility and dynamic compensation. Patients with LSTV were commonly found when they visited clinicians for treatment of low back pain. Prolotherapy is a technique that stimulates the body to repair the painful area by assistance of injecting an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients with a sacralized L5 vertebra confirmed by X-ray images

Exclusion criteria

  • neuromuscular injury
  • visual deficit
  • vestibular deficit
  • cannot recognize the marks on the screen

Treatment and study plan

Prolotherapy

Procedure

inject normal saline and 50% glugose water with 1:1 ratial in volumn

Other names: Proliferative Injection Therapy

Primary outcomes

  1. sensory organization

    Time frame: 30 minutes

  2. rhythmic weight shifting

    Time frame: 30 minutes

  3. limits of stability

    Time frame: 30 minutes

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2010
First posted
Aug 9, 2010
Registry last updated
Aug 9, 2010

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