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NCT Number: NCT05313997

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Thoracic Disc Herniation

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Private Medar Hospital

Kocaeli, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

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

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

Patients with

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

Treatment and study plan

Diclofenac Sodium

Drug

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.

Other names: physical therapy

Primary outcomes

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Time frame: 10 seconds

The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is usually a 100-mm long horizontal line with verbal descriptors (word anchors) at each end to express the extremes of the feeling. FM patients mark the point on the line that best corresponds to their symptom severity. To this end, they are instructed to put a cross on the straight line at the point that most accurately expresses their degree of agreement. When reading the VAS, the position of the respondent's cross is generally assigned a score between 0 and 100. If documented in paper form, the scores can then be simply transferred to a 100- value scale using a millimeter tape measure.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kocaeli University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Incidence of Thoracic Disc Herniation in Patients Presenting With Chronic Upper Back Pain, A Follow-Up Study

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Apr 6, 2022
Registry last updated: Aug 5, 2022

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