Effectiveness of postoperative home-exercise compared with usual care on kinesiophobia and physical activity in spondylolisthesis: A randomized controlled trial
Outi Ilves, Arja Häkkinen, Joost Dekker, Marko Wahlman, Sami Tarnanen, Liisa Pekkanen, Jari Ylinen, Hannu Kautiainen, Marko Neva
Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland. E-mail: outi.e.ilves@jyu.fi
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2268
Lay Abstract
Spondylolisthesis patients with disruptive pain and undergoing lumbar fusion surgery suffer from remarkable kinesiophobia before surgery. In addition to that, they are physically inactive before surgery. Surgery and early postoperative guidance relieves the kinesiophobia in three-month postoperative follow-up. Progressive home based back-specific exercise program and walking training did not have remarkable effect on kinesiophobia or physical activity compared to usual postoperative guidance.
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