A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes between Early Cervical Spine Stabilizer Training and Usual Care in Individuals following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.
Carol McFarlandSharon Wang-PriceCharles R GordonGuy Otis DanielsonJ Stuart CrutchfieldAnn MedleyToni RoddeyPublished in: Rehabilitation research and practice (2020)
Both ECS training and UC resulted in the same amount of improvement at 6 and 12 weeks; therefore, both therapy approaches appear to have similar and positive effects on patients in their first 3 months of recovery after ACDF. Both the CCF-S and CCF-E tests can be used reliably to assess the strength and endurance of the cervical spinal stabilizers for patients after ACDF surgery. The study was registered with the ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, U.S. National Library of Medicine, identifier # NCT01519115) Protocol Registration system.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- randomized controlled trial
- peritoneal dialysis
- quality improvement
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- spinal cord
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- high intensity
- patient reported outcomes
- resistance training
- pain management
- cell therapy
- affordable care act