Effectiveness of postoperative home-exercise compared with usual care on kinesiophobia and physical activity in spondylolisthesis: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To study the effectiveness of a 12-month exercise therapy on kinesiophobia and physical activity in patients with spondylolisthesis after lumbar spine fusion.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Subjects: Patients (n = 98) with spondylolisthesis who had undergone lumbar spine fusion.

The prevalence of depressive symptoms before and after surgery and its association with disability in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and disability pre-operatively, at 3 months and at 1 year after lumbar spine fusion surgery.

Methods: Data was extracted from a dedicated lumbar spine fusion register, giving 232 patients (mean age 62 years, 158 females) who had undergone instrumented lumbar spine fusion. The frequency of depressive symptoms and disability was evaluated using the Depression Scale (DEPS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).

Disability and health-related quality of life in patients undergoing spinal fusion: a comparison with a general population sample.

Background: The aim of the present study was to compare one-year-follow-up data on disability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between spinal fusion patients and age- and sex-matched general population.

Methods: The data on fusion patients were collected prospectively using a spinal fusion data base in two Finnish hospitals. A general population sample matched for age, sex and residential area was drawn from the Finnish Population Register.

Decreased disability is associated with improved perceived quality of life following spinal fusion.

Purpose: To assess the disability and relationship between functional status and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients in the early recovery phase following spinal fusion.

Methods: This is a prospective cohort study. Since 2008 data of spinal fusion patients have been collected prospectively in two Finnish hospitals.

Pulse-lavage washing is an effective method for defatting of morselized allograft bone in the operating theater.

Background And Purpose: Incorporation of fresh-frozen allograft bone and safety aspects associated with this procedure can be improved by removing blood and lipids from the bone. We investigated in a quantitative manner how efficient pulse lavage might be for removal of adipose tissue from morselized allograft bone.

Methods: Depending on the study, the washing was performed with an average of 0.