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Preoperative Prevention and Early Rehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery

NCT00459966 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2007-04-13

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Summary

Aim: The aim is to evaluate the outcome after spine surgery when using an integrated program that combined preoperative prevention and early postoperative rehabilitation compared to the routine procedures.

Outcome measurements: Postoperative hospital stay, complications, function, pain, and patient satisfaction.

Method: 60 patients scheduled for surgery for degenerative lumbar disease. The control group followed the routines in the department. The intervention group followed the integrated program consisting of preoperative prevention.

Conditions

  • Spine Surgery

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Preoperative rehabilitation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Per Rotboell Nielsen, MD · uaffiliatation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Completion
2006-11-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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