Nonoperative treatment of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures: A prospective randomized study of different treatment options

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 588-594

  Stadhouder, Agnita ^a   Buskens, Erik ^b,c   Vergroesen, Diederik A ^d   Fidler, Malcolm W ^e   Nies, Frank De ^e   Oner F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Julius Center for Health Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^e Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome measures; Nonoperative treatment; Randomized clinical trial; Residual pain; Thoracic and lumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349086746     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a18728     Document Type: Article

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