Study on the Effects of Oxygen-ozone Therapy on Back Pain in Subjects Aged 65 or Older

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the oxygen-ozone therapy in the treatment of back pain in subjects aged 65 or older. In particular, the intramuscular injection technique/paravertebral of oxygen-ozone mixture, a minimal invasive treatment with respect to intradiscal infiltration/intraforaminal technique, will be used.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
• Collaborator: Regione Marche

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients aged 65 or older

• intervertebral disc degeneration

• back pain persistent for at least 6 weeks

• painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs

• ODI score at baseline between 30 and 80%

Exclusion Criteria:

• heart failure

• favism

• clinically hyperthyroidism

• cancer and concomitant chemo-or radio-therapy

• epilepsy

• asthma

• life expectancy of 6 months or less

• psychotic drugs

• clinical signs of radiculopathy

• polyradiculopathy

• progressive neurological deficit

• lumbar stenosis

• spondylolisthesis

• diabetic neuropathy