Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Feasibility of using short message service to collect pain outcomes in a low back pain clinical trial.
Observational study nested within a randomized controlled trial. ⋯ SMS supplemented with phone interviews, but not SMS alone, is a feasible option to collect simple data within a back pain clinical trial setting.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Grafton and local bone have comparable outcomes to iliac crest bone in instrumented single-level lumbar fusions.
Prospective multicenter randomized clinical trail. ⋯ At 2-year follow-up, subjects who were randomized to Grafton Matrix and local bone achieved an 86% overall fusion rate and improvements in clinical outcomes that were comparable with those in the ICBG group.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Supervised exercise with and without spinal manipulation performs similarly and better than home exercise for chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Randomized controlled trial using mixed methods. ⋯ Supervised strengthening exercise with and without spinal manipulation performed similarly, yielding better outcomes than home exercise particularly in the short term. Various stakeholders' perspectives should be considered carefully when making recommendations regarding these therapies, taking into account side effects, preferences, and costs.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Direct lateral approach to lumbar fusion is a biomechanically equivalent alternative to the anterior approach: an in vitro study.
A human cadaveric biomechanical study of lumbar mobility before and after fusion and with or without supplemental instrumentation for 5 instrumentation configurations. ⋯ Our data support that the direct lateral approach, when supplemented with bilateral PSF, is a minimally invasive and biomechanically stable alternative to the open, anterior approach to lumbar spine fusion.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Electronic monitoring improves brace-wearing compliance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a randomized clinical trial.
Randomized controlled trial. ⋯ Electronic monitoring can improve compliance with orthoses in patients with spinal deformity during a short observation period.