Spine
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Clinical Trial
Changes in scoliotic curvature and lordotic angle during the early phase of degenerative lumbar scoliosis.
Longitudinal radiographic measurements of the lumbar alignment in clinical cases were performed. ⋯ Degenerative lumbar scoliosis was triggered by any disc degeneration at the lumbar level. Loss of segmental lordosis usually occurs at the same disc level as segmental wedging. In the early phase of degenerative lumbar scoliosis, the scoliotic curvature not only progresses, but also may retrogress.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Cost-effectiveness of lumbar spine radiography in primary care patients with low back pain.
Fifty-two practices in the East Midlands, United Kingdom, were included. ⋯ Radiography is likely to be cost-effective only when satisfaction is valued relatively highly. Strategies to enhance satisfaction for patients with low back pain without using lumbar radiography should be pursued.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A randomized trial of medical care with and without physical therapy and chiropractic care with and without physical modalities for patients with low back pain: 6-month follow-up outcomes from the UCLA low back pain study.
A randomized clinical trial. ⋯ After 6 months of follow-up, chiropractic care and medical care for low back pain were comparable in their effectiveness. Physical therapy may be marginally more effective than medical care alone for reducing disability in some patients, but the possible benefit is small.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Approaches to spondylotic cervical myelopathy: conservative versus surgical results in a 3-year follow-up study.
A 3-year prospective randomized study was conducted. ⋯ The 3-year follow-up study did not show, on the average, that the surgery is superior to conservative treatment for mild and moderate forms of spondylotic cervical myelopathy.