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SynthesisJournal of applied biomechanics2016

Postural Balance Parameters as Objective Surgical Assessments in Low Back Disorders: A Systematic Review.

Tzu Chuan Yen, Nima Toosizadeh, Carol Howe, Michael Dohm, Jane Mohler, Bijan Najafi

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Synthesis in Journal of applied biomechanics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tzu Chuan YenDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Nima Toosizadeh
Carol Howe
Michael Dohm
Jane Mohler
Bijan Najafi
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Phase II STTR: Portable Device for Telecare Monitoring of Elderly PeopleR42AG032748 · NIA · BIOSENSICS, LLC · PI GWIN, JOSEPH T, MOHLER, MARTHA JANE · 2012 to 2016
$2.7M
NIA NIH HHS R42 AG032748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Balance assessments could render useful objective performance measures to evaluate the efficacy of low back surgeries, yet these assessments have not been collectively examined to determine longitudinal sensitivity across surgical interventions. The purpose of this review was to determine sensitivity of balance measurements for disparate spinal disorders after surgical intervention. We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and CINAHL. Articles were selected based on: (1) sample consisted of low back disorder individuals and (2) balance measurements were obtained both pre- and postsurgery. Most of the articles addressed 2 specific low back disorders: (1) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis/spinal fusion and (2) disc herniation/decompression surgery. For scoliosis patients, body sway increased (14-97%) immediately following surgery but gradually reduced (1-33%) approaching the 1-year post spinal fusion assessment. For patients with disc herniation, sway range, sway velocity, sway area, and sway variability all decreased (19-42%) immediately postsurgery. Balance assessments for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis who underwent surgical intervention should be performed with visual occlusion, focus on time domain parameters, and evaluated with longer follow-up times. Patients with disc herniation who underwent decompression surgery should have balance assessments with visual deprivation, test conditions specifically addressing hip strategy, and correlation with pain.

Indexed as

Decompression, SurgicalDisability EvaluationHumansIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLow Back PainPostural BalanceScoliosisSpinal Fusion

Identifiers

PMID26695763
PMCPMC6685686
OpenAlexW2399482804

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