Differences in Functional Treadmill Tests in Patients With Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis Treated Operatively and Nonoperatively at a Minimum Five-year Follow-up
Patients treated surgically had greater improvements in FTT parameters compared with patients treated nonsurgically at 2 years that persisted to the final FTT performed at 7 years after their intervention. There was slight deterioration in some parameters from the 2-year to final FTT but these may be due to aging of the cohort. Patients who had 2 or more revisions had worse FTT parameters compared with patients with 1 or no revisions.
Authors
- Justin S. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7314-7896)
- Steven D. Glassman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-9357)
- Michael P. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-7406)
- Christine R. Baldus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2927-7401)
- Elizabeth L. Yanik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-0201)
- Leah Y. Carreon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-9036)
- Keith H. Bridwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9228-8782)
Institutions
- Norton Healthcare (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005432
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00