289
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2000
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2015
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2015
Decompressive laminectomy
Removal of the hypertrophic inferior and superior articular facets will be performed when they are intruding upon the midline and causing both central and lateral recess stenosis.
Non-surgical treatments
Active physical therapy modality, Education/Counseling with home exercise instruction, and an NSAID if tolerated
New York University, The Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Emory University, The Emory Clinic, Decatur
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Washington University, St Louis
Kaiser Permanente Spine Care Program, Oakland
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco
Rush-Presbyterian, St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago
Maine Spine & Rehabilitation, Scarborough
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Nebraska Foundation for Spinal Research, Omaha
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Spine Center, Lebanon
Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
NIH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC)
FED
Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
NIH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
OTHER