Effects of Health Education for Patients Received Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal Surgery

Overview

Lumbar degenerative disease surgery has been a routine clinical operation, and has good treatment effects. Although the patient's neurological symptoms improve after surgery, many patients still have postoperative muscle soreness. The postoperative rehabilitation intervention for the patients receiving traditional lumbar surgery has been confirmed to effectively improve pain and disability. However, in recent years, minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery has gradually replaced traditional surgery, postoperative pain has been greatly reduced. Therefore, patients have the opportunity to receive early intervention in rehabilitation, but there is no standardization process for rehabilitation of minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery. Therefore, this study aims to establish a health education program for patients receiving minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery, and conduct clinical trials to test its effectiveness.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Single (Care Provider)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: October 2021

Interventions

  • Behavioral: Perioperative Rehabilitation
    • Physical therapist will be consulted one day before and after the operation (OP) day. On the day before the OP day, they focus on education, including how to get up from bed and stand up from a chair. Five rehabilitation exercises are also demonstrated: 1) ankle flexion and extension, 2) knee flexion and extension, 3) hip joint abduction and adduction, 4) hip joint flexion and extension, and 5) drawing-in maneuver. The participants will be required to repeat each component to confirm that they can do it correctly. Each exercise is suggested to be done 10 times per day following MI-TLIF, and the number will be recorded 3 days (pre-OP day, post-OP day, and post-OP day 2).

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Education group
  • No Intervention: Usual care group

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Change of Oswestry Disability Index
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • This scale evaluates subject’s physical function. The range is 0 to 1. Higher values represent a better outcome.
  • Change of Visual Analogue Scale
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • This scale evaluates subject’s pain intensity. “0” indicates no pain and “10” indicates the worst possible pain.
  • Change of Short Form 12 version 2
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • This scale evaluates subject’s health-related quality of life. We will record the subscales: physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS). Higher values represent a better outcome.
  • Change of Functional reach test
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • It is a dynamic measure of balance. A 100 cm yardstick will be horizontally set on the wall with the acromion height. The patient will be asked to make a fit and reach forward as far as possible without moving his/her feet. It will be measured twice and the better outcome will be recorded.
  • Change of 30-second Chair Rise
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • It is used to evaluate the lower limb function and strength relating to the daily activities. The patient starts with a sitting position, and need to repeat stand-to-sit movements. He/She will be encouraged to move safely as soon as possible in 30 minutes. Higher number indicates better function.
  • Change of Timed Up and Go test
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • It was developed to measure subjects’ balance and mobility. The patient starts with a sitting position, stands up, walks a 3-meter distance, turns, walks back, and sits down. He/She will be encouraged to finish it safely as soon as possible. A shorter time indicates better function.
  • Change of 15-m walk test
    • Time Frame: The day before operation day, and 1, 3, 6 months after surgery
    • Gait speed shows good reliability and is valid to assess physical mobility. A 15-mile straight line will be mounted on a flat surface. The patient will be required to walk down the line at the maximal speed. He/She will be encouraged to finish it safely as soon as possible. A shorter time indicates better function.

Secondary Measures

  • Length of hospitalization
    • Time Frame: The duration between admission and discharge
  • Narcotic use during hospitalization
    • Time Frame: The duration between admission and discharge
  • Return-to-work status
    • Time Frame: up to 6 months after surgery
  • Adverse events
    • Time Frame: up to 6 months after surgery
    • The rate of infection and the rate of re-operation (including: dural tear, cage migration and retropulsion, and screw loosening).

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age between 45 and 90 years old. – Low back pain has been persisting at least 3 months. – Clinical degeneration diagnosis supports the need of MI-TLIF. – Able to understand Chinese. Exclusion Criteria:

  • Emergency surgery. – Unstable vital sign. – Any psychological, neurological, orthopedics, cardiopulmonary, and cancer history. – Had spinal surgery before. – Pregnancy.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 45 Years

Maximum Age: 90 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Heng-Wei Liu, Doctor, Study Chair, ShuangHo Hospital
  • Overall Contact(s)
    • Chiao-Ling Chen, Master, 886-02-22490088, 18395@s.tmu.edu.tw

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