Physiotherapist- and patient-reported barriers to guideline implementation of active physiotherapeutic management of low back pain: A theory-informed qualitative study.

Background And Objective: Adoption of low back pain (LBP) guidelines in physiotherapeutic management is a well-documented problem. Thereby, an in-depth understanding of the barriers to implement an active approach for both patients and physiotherapists is needed.

Design: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with physiotherapists and patients with non-specific LBP.

Qualitative study exploring the views of patients and healthcare providers on current rehabilitation practices after lumbar fusion surgery.

Objectives: To explore the views of patients and healthcare providers on current rehabilitation after lumbar fusion surgery (LFS) to fuel the development of a novel rehabilitation care pathway.

Design: A cross-sectional, qualitative study with an interpretive descriptive design.

Setting: Academic and non-academic hospital setting in Belgium.

Best practice rehabilitation pathway for the management of single and double-level lumbar fusion surgery: a modified Delphi Study.

Background: There is limited evidence to guide the rehabilitation of patients following single or double-level lumbar fusion surgery (LFS). This is reflected in extensive variability in current rehabilitation regimes and subsequent low clinical success rates, which urges a call for a consensus rehabilitation pathway.

Aim: To establish consensus on the optimal pre-, peri- and postoperative rehabilitation of LFS.

Functional outcome, dependency and well-being after traumatic brain injury in the elderly population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) rates in the elderly are increasing worldwide, mainly due to fall accidents. However, TBI's impact on elderly patients' lives has not been thoroughly investigated.

Research Question: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims at describing post-TBI incidence of functional decline, dependency, nursing home admission, reduced quality of life and depression in the elderly.

Rehabilitation to improve outcomes of lumbar fusion surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation strategies on disability, pain, pain-related fear, and return-to-work in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions or adult isthmic spondylolisthesis.

Methods: Six electronic databases were systematically searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effect of rehabilitation (unimodal or multimodal). The estimated effect size was calculated for interventions with homogeneous content using a random-effects model.

Postoperative bracing after lumbar surgery: a survey amongst spinal surgeons in Belgium.

Purpose: Bracing is frequently prescribed following lumbar surgery for degenerative conditions. However, previous studies failed to demonstrate the advantage of postoperative lumbar bracing in both short- and long-term outcome in terms of pain, quality of life and fusion rate. The purpose of this study was to assess the prescription patterns and rationale for postoperative bracing amongst spinal surgeons in Belgium.