Trial reportArchives of osteoporosis2019
Effect of treatment on back pain and back extensor strength with a spinal orthosis in older women with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Archives of osteoporosis, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03263585 (Identification and Treatment of Back Pain in Elderly Women With Osteoporosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Identification and Treatment of Back Pain in Elderly Women With Osteoporosis
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Efficacy of Bracing on Thoracic Kyphotic Angle and Functionality in Women with Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise for improving age-related hyperkyphosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis with GRADE assessment.Archives of osteoporosis · 2021Pooled it
- Exercise for improving outcomes after osteoporotic vertebral fracture.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Experiences of using an activating spinal orthosis in women with osteoporosis and back pain in primary care.Archives of osteoporosis · 2020Trial
- Physical Exercise After Fragility Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Function and Morbidity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Effect of Local Vibration and Thoracolumbar Orthosis on Thoracic Kyphosis Angle and Trunk Flexor and Extensor Muscles in Older Adults With Hyperkyphosis: A Randomized Control Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- The Effect of Group Training or Spinal Orthosis on Quality of Life and Potential Plasma Markers of Pain in Older Women With Osteoporosis. A Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- Spinal Orthoses in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Thoracolumbar Vertebral Fractures in the Elderly: A Systematic Review With Quantitative Quality Assessment.Global spine journal · 2023Article
- An Indication-Based Concept for Stepwise Spinal Orthosis in Low Back Pain According to the Current Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of the "Spinomed active" orthosis on chronic back pain in kyphotic women with osteoporotic vertebral fractures three months and older: A randomized controlled study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Wearing an Activating Spinal Orthosis and Physical Training in Women With Osteoporosis and Back Pain: A Postintervention Follow-Up Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2021Article
- Feasibility of simple exercise interventions for men with osteoporosis - A prospective randomized controlled pilot study.Bone reports · 2021Article
- Spinal Orthoses Prescription for Vertebral Fragility Fractures by Italian Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians: The SPIN-VER Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Role of Spinal Orthoses in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures of the Elderly Population (Age 60 Years or Older): Systematic Review.Global spine journal · 2021Article
- [Pain management in osteoporosis].Der Orthopade · 2020Review
- Article
- [Pain management in osteoporosis].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Review
- Effect of spinal orthoses on osteoporotic elderly patients kyphosis, back muscles strength, balance and osteoporotic vertebral fractures: (A systematic review and meta-analysis).Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringReview
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Abstract
The treatment effect of an activating spinal orthosis on back pain and back extensor strength was compared to a training group and to a control group. Between the groups, there was no significant difference in back pain, back extensor strength, or kyphosis index after the 6 months of treatment. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to study the effect of treatment with an activating spinal orthosis on back pain, back extensor strength, and kyphotic index. Our hypothesis was that an activating spinal orthosis may be an alternative treatment to decrease back pain and increase back extensor strength.
methodsA total of 113 women aged ≥ 60 years with back pain and osteoporosis, with or without vertebral fractures, were randomized to three groups: a spinal orthosis group, an equipment training group, and a control group. All three groups were examined at baseline and followed up after 3 and 6 months. Statistical analyses were performed with a mixed model for repeated measures according to intention to treat (ITT) and per protocol (PP).
resultsA total of 96 women completed the study. Between the groups, there was no significant difference in baseline characteristics. Comparison between groups showed no significant difference in back pain, back extensor strength, or kyphosis index at the follow-up after 6 months according to ITT and PP analyses. Analysis in each group showed that the back extensor strength had increased by 26.9% in the spinal orthosis group, by 22.1% in the exercise training group and by 9.9% in the control group.
conclusionsSix months' treatment by an activating spinal orthosis showed no significant difference in back pain, back extensor strength, or kyphosis index between the three groups. In the spinal orthosis group, present back pain decreased slightly and back extensor strength increased by 26.9% which indicates that the spinal orthosis may become an alternative training method. Clinicaltrials.com ID: NCT03263585.
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