Vertebral compression fractures
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: Participants in the intervention group are given pedometers, which they wear at all times when awake, and daily diaries, and asked to record their daily pain intensity, behaviour a
for example, the rehabilitation included a muscle-strengthening exercise, balance training, activities of daily living (ADL) training, and instrumental ADL training.
Sponsors
Department of Physical Therapy Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria of the present study included acute VCF patients, those who can walk independently, those who can understand Japanese, those who agreed to the participation of the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria are fractures occured by high-energy traumas, patients who have severe cognitive dysfunction, and those have complications inhibiting rehabilitation (i.e. haemodynamically unstable, severe infection, and repeated vertebral fractures during hospital stay).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity (baseline, 2weeks, discharge) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical activity pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) geriatric depression scale (GDS)-15 fall efficacy scale (FES) Isometric knee extension force vertebral body collapse physical performance (TUGT, 6MWD, 5SST) functional independence measure EuroQol 5 Dimension (EQ5-D) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHideki Kataoka
Nagasaki Memorial Hospital Department of Rehabilitation
Outcome results
None listed