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PREPARE: Pre-surgery physiotherapy for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorder: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2016
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Title
PREPARE: Pre-surgery physiotherapy for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorder: a randomized controlled trial protocol
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12891-016-1126-4
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Yvonne Lindbäck, Hans Tropp, Paul Enthoven, Allan Abbott, Birgitta Öberg

Abstract

Current guidelines for the management of patients with specific low back pain pathology suggest non-surgical intervention as first-line treatment, but there is insufficient evidence to make recommendations of the content in the non-surgical intervention. Opinions regarding the dose of non-surgical intervention that should be trialled prior to decision making about surgery intervention vary. The aim of the present study is to investigate if physiotherapy administrated before surgery improves function, pain and health in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorder scheduled for surgery. The patients are followed over two years. A secondary aim is to study what factors predict short and long term outcomes. This study is a single blinded, 2-arm, randomized controlled trial with follow-up after the completion of pre-surgery intervention as well as 3, 12 and 24 months post-surgery. The study will recruit men and women, 25 to 80 years of age, scheduled for surgery due to; disc herniation, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis or degenerative disc disease. A total of 202 patients will be randomly allocated to a pre-surgery physiotherapy intervention or a waiting list group for 9 weeks. The waiting-list group will receive standardized information about surgery, post-surgical rehabilitation and advice to stay active. The pre-surgery physiotherapy group will receive physiotherapy 2 times per week, consisting of a stratified classification treatment, based on assessment findings. One of the following treatments will be selected; a) Specific exercises and mobilization, b) Motor control exercises or c) Traction. The pre-surgery physiotherapy group will also be prescribed a tailor-made general supervised exercise program. The physiotherapist will use a behavioral approach aimed at reducing patient fear avoidance and increasing activity levels. They will also receive standardized information about surgery, post-surgical rehabilitation and advice to stay active. Primary outcome measure is Oswestry Disability Index. Secondary outcome measures are the visual analogue scale for back and leg pain, pain drawing, health related quality of life, Hospital anxiety and depression scale, Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire, Self-efficacy scale and Work Ability Index. The study findings will help improve the treatment of patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorder scheduled for surgery. ClinicalTrials.gov reference: NCT02454400 (Trial registration date: August 31st 2015) and has been registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT02454400 .

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 374 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 52 14%
Student > Bachelor 47 13%
Researcher 28 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 23 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 6%
Other 70 19%
Unknown 133 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 78 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 75 20%
Psychology 18 5%
Sports and Recreations 17 5%
Social Sciences 11 3%
Other 31 8%
Unknown 145 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 May 2020.
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#6,545,676
of 24,892,887 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#1,177
of 4,334 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#102,162
of 362,484 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#25
of 86 outputs
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