Primary Osteoarthritis Lumbar Spine: Establishing Its Cause, Pathogenesis and Treatment.

The study was about a root cause of Primary Osteoarthritis Lumbar Spine producing disabilities in sitting, climbing and walking etc. In advance stage the person is bereft of his/her personal physical activities. The prevalent treatment is temporary and dis-satisfactory. A new treatment was designed and a trial was conducted on 154 patients (100 in the trial group, 50 in the control group) for a duration of six months.

Inclusion Criteria:Age =>30 and <=90 yearsBack/leg pain or both combined, which appears without any apparent cause, exacerbated by exertion and subsides by rest.Presence of limited morning stiffnessNo history of infection, inflammation or trauma to rule out secondary OADisability in sitting, climbing stairs or walkingExclusion Criteria:NeckacheFrozen shoulderCentral obesityAcute LumbagoX-ray spine with no OA signs