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Increasing Long-Term Physical Activity After Lumbar Spine Surgery
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York (Academic or other)
- Enrolment
- 260 enrolled
- Conditions
- Lumbar Spine Degenerative Changes
- Interventions
- Education/Self-efficacy; Education
- Ages
- adults, older adults
- Registry
- NCT02611427
From the registry
After recuperating from low back surgery patients often perpetuate a sedentary lifestyle because they are concerned about injury and recurrent pain. The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of a program to increase lifestyle walking starting several months after low back surgery.
Primary outcomes
- Weekly energy expenditure in kilocalories per week as measured by the Paffenbarger Physical Activity and Exercise Index