Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared with intensive rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain. Design Multicentre randomised controlled trial. Setting 15 secondary care orthopaedic and rehabilitation centres across the United Kingdom. Participants 349 participants aged 18-55 with chronic low back pain of at least one year's duration who were considered candidates for spinal fusion. Intervention Lumbar spine fusion or an intensive rehabilitation programme based on principles of cognitive behaviour therapy. Main outcome measure The primary outcomes were the Oswestry disability index and the shuttle walking test measured at baseline and two years after randomi...
Objective To determine whether, from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisati...
STUDY DESIGN:A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated to...
Objective To determine whether from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisatio...
Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared w...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared ...
Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared w...
QuestionsIs spinal fusion more effective than intensive rehabilitation in improving disability, walk...
OBJECTIVE:To determine whether, from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisati...
Study Design. A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated t...
Study Design. A randomized controlled multicenter study with a 2-year follow-up by an independent ob...
Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of lumbar instrumented fusion with cognitive intervention a...
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Chronic low back pain (cLBP) represents a major challenge to our health care sys...
STUDY DESIGN: A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated t...
Objective To determine whether, from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisati...
STUDY DESIGN:A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated to...
Objective To determine whether from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisatio...
Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared w...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared ...
Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion) compared w...
QuestionsIs spinal fusion more effective than intensive rehabilitation in improving disability, walk...
OBJECTIVE:To determine whether, from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisati...
Study Design. A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated t...
Study Design. A randomized controlled multicenter study with a 2-year follow-up by an independent ob...
Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of lumbar instrumented fusion with cognitive intervention a...
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Chronic low back pain (cLBP) represents a major challenge to our health care sys...
STUDY DESIGN: A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated t...
Objective To determine whether, from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisati...
STUDY DESIGN:A review of the surgical costs and results in a group of patients randomly allocated to...
Objective To determine whether from a health provider and patient perspective, surgical stabilisatio...