Spine
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Meta Analysis
Clinical Benefit of Rehabilitation Training in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
A systematic review and meta-analysis. ⋯ Activity-based intervention like transcranial magnetic stimulation, functional electrical stimulation, and robotic-assisted treadmill training are effective in improving function in individuals with spinal cord injury.Level of Evidence: 1.
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Retrospective review of a multi-institutional data registry. ⋯ Age was not associated with complications nor predictive of functional outcomes in patients who underwent MTLIF. Age alone, therefore, may not be an appropriate surrogate for risk. Furthermore, baseline preoperative independent ambulation was associated with better clinical outcomes and should be considered during preoperative surgical counseling.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Prospective comparative study. ⋯ Our findings confirm the previous findings of literature regarding the alteration in gait patterns in scoliosis patients when compared to normal individuals. However, the lack of difference in gait analysis variables between AIS and congenital scoliosis patients suggests that this alteration in gait is secondary to the existence of the deformity and does not correlate with the onset or etiology of deformity.Level of Evidence: 2.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Addition of the CPT-based categorization method to MS-DRG coding provides an enhanced method to evaluate the association between predicted and actual cost when using linear regression analysis to assess cost variation in spine surgery.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Biomechanical spine model. Comparison of stress in the implant and the adjacent cranial segment was done with conventional rigid versus dynamic stabilization system (DS) fixation. ⋯ Long spinal fixation using rigid rods produces maximum stress at the proximal end screw and increases adjacent disc pressure, possibly leading to PJF. Dynamic stabilization at the cranial end segment may prevent PJF by reducing these factors.Level of Evidence: N/A.