Comparison of thoracolumbosacral orthosis and no orthosis for the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures: Interim analysis of a multicenter randomized clinical equivalence trial - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Bailey, Christopher S ^a,e   Dvorak, Marcel F ^b   Thomas, Kenneth C ^c   Boyd, Michael C ^b   Paquett, Scott ^b   Kwon, Brian K ^b   France, John ^d   Gurr, Kevin R ^a   Bailey, Stewart I ^a   Fisher, Charles G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; No orthosis; Prospective randomized clinical trial; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049086592     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08312     Document Type: Article

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