Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Agreement between telerehabilitation and face-to-face clinical outcome assessments for low back pain in primary care.
A descriptive study of repeated measures using a crossover design. ⋯ 2.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Single- versus multilevel fusion for single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis and multilevel lumbar stenosis: four-year results of the spine patient outcomes research trial.
A subanalysis study. ⋯ Decompression and single-level fusion and decompression and multilevel fusion provide similar outcomes in patients with multilevel lumbar stenosis and single-level DS.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Observational Study
Relationship between lumbar spinal stenosis and lifestyle-related disorders: a cross-sectional multicenter observational study.
A cross-sectional multicenter observational study. ⋯ After adjusting for age and sex, this study revealed a close association between diabetes and hypertension in 50- to 69-year-old patients with LSS. Physicians should consider the possibility of concomitant hypertension or diabetes mellitus when examining 50- to 69-year-old patients with LSS.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Five-year reoperation rates, cervical total disc replacement versus fusion, results of a prospective randomized clinical trial.
Prospective randomized clinical trial. ⋯ Five-year follow-up of a prospective randomized clinical trial revealed 5-fold difference in reoperation rates when comparing patients who underwent ACDF (14.5%) with patients who underwent TDR (2.9%). These findings suggest the durability of TDR and its potential to slow the rate of adjacent-level disease.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Adding chiropractic manipulative therapy to standard medical care for patients with acute low back pain: results of a pragmatic randomized comparative effectiveness study.
Randomized controlled trial. ⋯ The results of this trial suggest that CMT in conjunction with SMC offers a significant advantage for decreasing pain and improving physical functioning when compared with only standard care, for men and women between 18 and 35 years of age with acute LBP.