ReviewJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma2021
The effectiveness of exercise program after lumbar discectomy surgery.
Review in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Continuity of care in lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis providing a deeper look into postoperative efficacy.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Postoperative early initiation of sequential exercise program in preventing persistent spinal pain syndrome type-2 after modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a prospective randomized controlled trial.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 · 2025Trial
- Therapeutic exercise following lumbar spine surgery: a narrative review.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Risk factors and prevention strategy for patient dissatisfaction after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-center retrospective study.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Physical therapies after surgery for lumbar disc herniation- evidence synthesis from 55 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and a total of 4,311 patients.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Rehabilitation after lumbar spine surgery in adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Archives of physiotherapy · 2023Review
- Let's Get Physical! A Comprehensive Review of Pre- and Post-Surgical Interventions Targeting Physical Activity to Improve Pain and Functional Outcomes in Spine Surgery Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Normative Reference Values for Trunk Range of Motion and Isometric Muscle Strength in Asymptomatic Young Indian Adults.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2022Article
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Abstract
A lumbar herniation disc appears as a major cause of lumbar pain and sciatica. The purpose of the present systematic review is to examine the effectiveness of such exercise programs on pain, disability, quality of life, strength and the assessed time required to return to work/normal activities after undergoing lumbar discectomy surgery. PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar were used for the selection of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The PEDro scale was chosen to assess the methodological quality of the included studies. Seven RCTS met the inclusion criteria. According to the evaluation of the PEDro scale, one was considered as « high quality», five as « moderate quality» and one as « low quality». The mean score of the studies was 5.14. The results showed that after such exercise there was an improvement in pain, disability, quality of life, muscle strength and in time required to return to work. The exercise programs have a positive impact on the reduction of pain, disability, time required to return to work/normal activities as well as an increase in quality of life and muscle strength in patients with lumbar discectomy surgery.
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