Spine
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International web-based survey. ⋯ More than 80% of an international group of health care professionals experienced in the clinical care of adult spinal trauma patients indicated 13 of 143 ICF categories as definitely relevant to measure outcomes after spinal trauma. This study creates an evidence base to define a core set of ICF categories for outcome measurement in adult spinal trauma patients.
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A prospective study. ⋯ During kyphoplasty, the use of the remote control injection system can significantly reduce surgeons' radiation exposure without affecting the efficiency of procedures.
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A quality-control Internet-based study using recognized quality-scoring systems. ⋯ The overall quality of information regarding discectomy remains poor and variable despite an exponential increase in the number of users and Web sites, with a slight trend toward improvement, only 20% to 30% are of good quality, compared with that 10 years ago (<10%). Presence of Health on the Net code is a very reliable marker for health information quality.
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Review Meta Analysis
Measuring lumbar reposition accuracy in patients with unspecific low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Systematic review and meta-analysis. ⋯ Although patients with NSCLBP seemed to produce a larger lumbar RE compared with healthy controls, study limitations render firm conclusions unsafe. Future studies should pay closer attention to power, precision, and reliability of the measurement approach, definition of outcome measures, and patient selection. We recommend a large, well-powered, prospective randomized control study that uses a standardized measurement approach and definitions for absolute error, CE, and variable error to address the hypothesis that proprioception may be impaired with CLBP.