Comparative study of the treatment outcomes of osteoporotic compression fractures without neurologic injury using a rigid brace, a soft brace, and no brace: A prospective randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 1959-1966

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Yi, Je Min ^a,b   Cho, Hyeon Guk ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^a,c   Lee, Choon Ki ^a,c   Kim, Jee Hyoung ^a,d   Yeom, Jin S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul Sacred Heart General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DEVICES; DISABILITY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; INJURIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916925570     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00187     Document Type: Article

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