Comparison of usual surgical advice versus a nonaggravating six-month gym-based exercise rehabilitation program post-lumbar discectomy: results at one-year follow-up

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-363

  Donaldson, Barry L ^a   Shipton, Edward A ^a   Inglis, Grahame ^a   Rivett, Darren ^a   Frampton, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exercise program; Postdiscectomy rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISKECTOMY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745551385     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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