Spine
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Methodological review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). ⋯ 1.
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A prospective comparative study. ⋯ Age-related and degenerative changes in the cervical spine, alignment, and ROM in each decade of life were established between CSM patients and asymptomatic subjects.
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Multicenter retrospective cohort study. ⋯ 3.
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A prospective study with randomized and observational cohorts. ⋯ Patients with worse PROs, more back pain, more back and leg pain with ambulation, and larger lumbar Cobb angles are more inclined to select surgical over nonsurgical management.
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Systematic review. ⋯ EQ-5D performs well in LBP population and its scores seem to be suitable for economic evaluation of LBP interventions. However, the paucity of information on the other instruments makes it impossible to determine its relative validity and responsiveness compared with them.