Early physical therapy maintains alignment, decreases pain after cervicothoracic fusion
By Admin | February 01, 2024
Key takeaways:
- Patients who received early physical therapy after cervicothoracic fusion had better maintenance of alignment and improved pain scores.
- Results were compared with patients who received late physical therapy.
According to presented results, patients who started physical therapy within 6 weeks after cervicothoracic fusion had better maintenance of alignment and improved pain scores compared with patients who started therapy after 6 weeks.
“There's really a number of goals of [physical therapy], certainly to decrease pain, decrease stiffness, increase strength [and] increase range of motion,” Eeric Truumees, MD, said during his presentation at the North American Spine Society Annual...(More)
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