Spine
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Cross-sectional survey. ⋯ Biomedical attitudes and beliefs regarding CLBP influence clinical decision making in exercise-based practitioners, regardless of profession. AEPs reported higher biomedical scores, suggesting more frequent choice of conservative care. Thus, patients may receive inconsistent care and advice from practitioners within the same field. Based on clinical practice guidelines and the positive associations on clinical decision making of the biopsychosocial model, it is necessary to understand how best to provide exercise-based practitioners with education on how to apply a biopsychosocial approach to CLBP.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Retrospective cohort. ⋯ Chronic opioid users whose last opioid prescription was >2-months prior to spinal fusion and less than 14-days' supply had significantly lower risk of long-term postoperative opioid use. We have simulated "opioid weaning" in chronic opioid users undergoing major spinal fusion and our analysis provides an initial reference point for current clinical practice and future clinical studies.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Retrospective radiographic reliability study. ⋯ EOS 3D morphological analysis of VRD in the instrumented levels of the spine demonstrated significant difference and unacceptable variance in comparison to CT measurement.Level of Evidence: 4.
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A retrospective analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was conducted. ⋯ Automated object detection of spinal schwannoma was achieved. The proposed system yielded a high accuracy that was comparable to that of the doctors.Level of Evidence: 4.