Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
The effect of work-focused rehabilitation among patients with neck and back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Multicenter randomized trial with patients listed as sick for 1 to 12 months due to neck or back pain and referred to secondary care. ⋯ The results suggest that a focus on the workplace in specialist care does not substantially alter the RTW rate compared with standard multidisciplinary treatments.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of posterolateral lumbar fusion and posterior lumbar interbody fusion for patients younger than 60 years with isthmic spondylolisthesis.
Prospective randomized study. ⋯ Both PLF and PLIF are viable surgical options for patients with isthmic spondylolisthesis 60 years or younger.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Costs and cost-effectiveness of epidural steroids for acute lumbosacral radicular syndrome in general practice: an economic evaluation alongside a pragmatic randomized control trial.
A pragmatic, randomized, controlled, single-blinded trial in Dutch general practice. ⋯ The effect on pain and disability of epidural steroids in lumbosacral radicular syndrome is small but significant, and at lower costs with no reported complications or adverse effects. Segmental epidural steroid injections could be considered by policy makers as an additional treatment option.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Can pelvic tilt be predicated by the sacrofemoral-pubic angel in patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis?
A retrospective radiographical study. ⋯ 4.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Observational Study
The effect of high obesity on outcomes of treatment for lumbar spinal conditions: subgroup analysis of the spine patient outcomes research trial.
Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial subgroup analysis. ⋯ 3.