ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2008
Clinical relevance of pain patterns in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
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- Comparison of unilateral versus bilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty for the treatment of patients with osteoporosis vertebral compression fracture (OVCF): a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Pooled it
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- Pain Localization Shift During the Convalescence Period of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Risk factors of costal pain of thoracic osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a multicenter retrospective analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Optimizing Outcomes in Vertebral Fractures: The Impact of Intercostal Nerve Block on Costal Pain.Journal of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Surgical management of lower limb radiculopathy following acute singe-level osteoporotic vertebral fracture of lower lumbar spine in geriatric patient: a retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- A Pain That is Easily Overlooked: Referred Pain Caused by OVCF.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Forward Bending in Supine Test: Diagnostic Accuracy for Acute Vertebral Fragility Fracture.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Rare Presentation of a Compression Fracture or a Typical Presentation of Lateral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: A Diagnostic Error?Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022Article
- Change in the postoperative intervertebral space height and its impact on clinical and radiological outcomes after ACDF surgery using a zero-profile device: a single-Centre retrospective study of 138 cases.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Back pain from painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures: discrepancy between the actual fracture location and the location suggested by patient-reported pain or physical examination findings.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Observational
- Vertebral fracture: clinical presentation and severity are linked to fracture risk factors.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Observational
- Secondary balloon kyphoplasty for new vertebral compression fracture after initial single-level balloon kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2017Article
- Radiological Prediction of Posttraumatic Kyphosis After Thoracolumbar Fracture.The open orthopaedics journal · 2016Article
- Clinical analysis of acute radiculopathy after osteoporotic lumbar compression fracture.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2015Article
- The development of a clinical decision making algorithm for detection of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture or wedge deformity.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2010Article
- Prediction models of prevalent radiographic vertebral fractures among older men.Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical DensitometryArticle
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Abstract
Few studies have been conducted to explain the pain patterns resulting from osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF). We analyzed pain patterns to elucidate the pain mechanism and to provide initial guide for the management of OVCFs. Sixty-four patients underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty (N=55) or kyphoplasty (N=9). Three pain patterns were formulized to classify pains due to OVCFs: midline paravertebral (Type A), diffuse paravertebral (Type B), and remote lumbosacral pains (Type C). The degree of compression was measured using scale of deformity index, kyphosis rate, and kyphosis angle. Numerical rating scores were serially measured to determine the postoperative outcomes. As vertebral body height (VBH) decreased, paravertebral pain became more enlarged and extended anteriorly (p<0.05). Type A and B patterns significantly showed the reverse relationship with deformity index (p<0.05), yet Type C pattern was not affected by deformity index. Postoperative pain severity was significantly improved (p<0.05), and patients with a limited pain distribution showed a more favorable outcome (p<0.05). The improvement was closely related with the restoration of VBH, but not with kyphosis rate or angle. Thus, pain pattern study is useful not only as a guide in decision making for the management of patients with OVCF, but also in predicting the treatment outcome.
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