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Retrospective review. ⋯ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services only considers HCAHPS surveys returned within the first 42 days. It appears that the survey responses are similar over this time period. Beyond this time, lower scores are reported. Further attention to this less satisfied, later HCAHPS survey returning group seems warranted.Level of Evidence: 2.
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A systematic review. ⋯ Currently, physical functioning is evaluated with a variety of measures in AIS. The majority of measurement properties studies evaluated PROM with a paucity of information on measurement properties of PBOM and body structure and function OM. Based on COSMIN methodology, none of the OM identified in this review can be recommended with confidence in individuals with AIS.Level of Evidence: 2.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ After carefully eliminating patients with segmental instability, DS did not affect the clinical outcomes of minimally invasive decompression surgery.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparing the Effects of Early Versus Late Exercise Intervention on Pain and Neurodynamic Mobility Following Unilateral Lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Pilot Study.
A pilot, two-group pretest-posttest randomized controlled, single blinded study. ⋯ Our study results showed that early exercise intervention after lumbar microdiscectomy is safe and may reduce the low back pain, decrease fear avoidance, and improve neurodynamic mobility and function. A randomized controlled trial is needed to evaluate the early exercise intervention's effectiveness after lumbar microdiscectomy, and thus validate our findings.Level of Evidence: 4.