Work Recovery in Response to Osteopathic Treatment after Hemilaminectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation; A Prospective Clinical Study with Comparison Group
Item
- Title
- Work Recovery in Response to Osteopathic Treatment after Hemilaminectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation; A Prospective Clinical Study with Comparison Group
- Author(s)
- Pascal Grolaux
- Abstract
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Study design: Twenty one patients, who never undergone spinal surgery, were assessed, by the author and the medical team of department of Neurosurgery of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in Lausanne (Switzerland), after indication for hemilaminectomy and discectomy was established for a single one-level mediolaterally lumbar disc herniation.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a classical osteopathic treatment on work recovery, at 6 weeks and three months follow-up.
Methods: In addition to symptoms, signs, and sociodemographic data, we included, in a clinical form, questionnaires on pain and disability, and a rating scale to assess work recovery. Standard mobility tests were also performed.
Results: The osteopathic group had a significantly low level of pain and disability, and a significantly better work recovery at 6 weeks, and it were the most important factors differentiating the groups, compared with the objective results which showed only significant difference in improvement of mobility in sidebending. At three months, there was no major statistical differences between the groups both for the subjective and the objective findings. However, the group treatment showed more clinical improvement in term of pain, disability and work recovery.
Conclusion : We show short-term and a relatively long term benefit of osteopathy, as a useful and safety therapy, in the rehabilitation of patients after lumbar disc surgery. Rehabilitation is superior than just advicing patients on posture, and to performe a daily self-adimistrated standard exercices program. Osteopathy should be recommended for patients who underwent lumbar disc surgery, and used with more collaboration of orthodox medicine. - presented at
- JWACO (B) - MCO (UK)
- Date Accepted
- 0
- Date Submitted
- 27.8.2007 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13745
- Inst-Identifier
- 1349
- Keywords
- Osteopathy,Low Back Pain,Disc Disorders,Surgery,Manipulative Treatment
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Pascal Grolaux, “Work Recovery in Response to Osteopathic Treatment after Hemilaminectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation; A Prospective Clinical Study with Comparison Group”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed November 1, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.org/s/orw/item/1040