Disability and pain after lumbar surgery–group-based trajectory analysis
The results of this study suggest that most of the patients may experience pain relief and improved functioning within three months after lumbar surgery, and this effect may last, at least, for two years. Higher BMI and worse preoperative pain and disability were associated with the inferior outcome of surgery. When considering surgery, planning pre- and postoperative rehabilitation, or forecasting the use of pain medications, a higher probability of worse outcome could be expected for overweight and initially more painful patients with higher level of disability.
Authors
- Katri Pernaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-0379)
- Jari Arokoski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7023-2235)
- Juhani Juhola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7592-8183)
- Konsta Koivunen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4401-1820)
- Sara Widbom-Kolhanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6717-4820)
- Mikhail Saltychev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-4743)
Institutions
- University of Turku (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Satakunta Central Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313528
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94