Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness and Safety of Inelastic vs. Elastic Lumbosacral Orthoses on Low Back Pain Prevention in Healthy Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
A randomized controlled trial. ⋯ Six-month wearing of LSO showed neither a significant difference in preventing LBP nor causing adverse effects to participants.Level of Evidence: 1.
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Retrospective study of data collected prospectively. ⋯ The degree of improvement in symptoms 6 hours after SNRB can predict the degree of improvement in LLRP at 12 months after surgery. However, symptomatic improvement after SNRB does not predict postoperative functional outcome or quality of life.Level of Evidence: 4.
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Cross-sectional study. ⋯ This algorithm demonstrates strong performance in the classification of ACDF plates from smartphone images and will be deployed as an accessible smartphone application for further evaluation, improvement, and eventual widespread use.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Cross-sectional analysis. ⋯ Despite the wide number of sources available, the quality, accuracy, pertinence, and intelligibility of the information remains highly variable. Clinicians treating patients with cervical radiculopathy should direct them to verifiable sites with regulated information and, where possible, contribute high- quality information to those sites.Level of Evidence: 4.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Increased age, current smoking status, hospital length of stay, and a history of renal failure were found to be significant independent predictors of inpatient readmission or complication after lumbar decompression.