Distance to first symptoms measured by the 6-min walking test differentiates between treatment success and failure in patients with degenerative lumbar disorders.

Anna M ZeitlbergerMarketa SosnovaMichal ZigaOliver P GautschiLuca RegliOliver BozinovAstrid WeyerbrockMartin N StienenNicolai Maldaner

Published in: 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 (2022)

Change in DTFS can differentiate between satisfied and unsatisfied patients after spine surgery. Digital outcome measures on the 6WT metric provide spine surgeons and researchers with a mean to assess their patient's functional disability and response to surgical treatment in DLD.

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