ArticleScientific reports2020
Objective activity tracking in spine surgery: a prospective feasibility study with a low-cost consumer grade wearable accelerometer.
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- Objectively measured physical activity following lumbar decompression surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
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- Readiness for implementation of novel digital health interventions for postoperative monitoring: a systematic review and clinical innovation network analysis.The Lancet. Digital health · 2023Pooled it
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- Measuring Long-Term Outcomes After Degenerative Spine Surgery: Is It Time for Something New? A Smartphone-Based Analysis of 60 753 Days of Objective Mobility Data.Neurosurgery practice · 2026Article
- Beyond one-time PROMs: high-frequency single-item mobile ePROM tracking of postoperative recovery in spine surgery-a prospective feasibility study.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 · 2026Article
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- Digital twins and multimodal artificial intelligence in spine care: a scoping review of concepts, evidence, and translational barriers.Spine deformity · 2026Review
- Real-Time Location System Assessment of Early Postoperative Recovery After Lumbar Decompression According to Surgical Approach.Neurospine · 2026Article
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- Feasibility of Smartphone-Derived Short-Interval Walking Tests for Monitoring Functional Recovery After Spine Surgery.JOR spine · 2026Article
- Multidomain postoperative recovery trajectories after lumbar and thoracolumbar spine surgery.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2025Observational
- Therapeutic exercise following lumbar spine surgery: a narrative review.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Machine Learning Models Leveraging Smartphone-Based Patient Mobility Data Can Accurately Predict Functional Outcomes After Spine Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Challenges in Contemporary Spine Surgery: A Comprehensive Review of Surgical, Technological, and Patient-Specific Issues.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Determining critical monitoring periods for accurate wearable step counts in patients with degenerative spine disorders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association of Daily Step Count With Patient Knowledge, Step Tracking, and Physical Factors in Patients With Spine Pathology.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- SmartWear body sensors for neurological and neurosurgical patients: A review of current and future technologies.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Review
- Continuous Monitoring of Changes in Heart Rate during the Periprocedural Course of Carotid Artery Stenting Using a Wearable Device: A Prospective Observational Study.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2023Observational
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Abstract
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are commonly used to estimate disability of patients with spinal degenerative disease. Emerging technological advances present an opportunity to provide objective measurements of activity. In a prospective, observational study we utilized a low-cost consumer grade wearable accelerometer (LCA) to determine patient activity (steps per day) preoperatively (baseline) and up to one year (Y1) after cervical and lumbar spine surgery. We studied 30 patients (46.7% male; mean age 57 years; 70% Caucasian) with a baseline activity level of 5624 steps per day. The activity level decreased by 71% in the 1
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