Objective measures of functional impairment for degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine: a systematic review of the literature
BACKGROUND CONTEXT The accurate determination of a patient's functional status is
necessary for therapeutic decision-making and to critically appraise treatment efficacy …
necessary for therapeutic decision-making and to critically appraise treatment efficacy …
Level of evidence for reliability, validity, and responsiveness of physical capacity tasks designed to assess functioning in patients with low back pain: a systematic …
M Jakobsson, A Gutke, LB Mokkink, R Smeets… - Physical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Physical capacity tasks (ie, observer-administered outcome measures that
comprise a standardized activity) are useful for assessing functioning in patients with low …
comprise a standardized activity) are useful for assessing functioning in patients with low …
Assessment of the minimum clinically important difference in the timed up and go test after surgery for lumbar degenerative disc disease
OP Gautschi, MN Stienen, MV Corniola, H Joswig… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The Timed Up and Go Test (TUG Test) has previously been described as a
reliable tool to evaluate objective functional impairment in patients with degenerative disc …
reliable tool to evaluate objective functional impairment in patients with degenerative disc …
The five-repetition sit-to-stand test: evaluation of a simple and objective tool for the assessment of degenerative pathologies of the lumbar spine
VE Staartjes, ML Schröder - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Recently, objective functional tests have generated interest since they can
supplement an objective dimension to clinical assessment. The five-repetition sit-to-stand …
supplement an objective dimension to clinical assessment. The five-repetition sit-to-stand …
Objective activity tracking in spine surgery: a prospective feasibility study with a low-cost consumer grade wearable accelerometer
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are commonly used to estimate disability of
patients with spinal degenerative disease. Emerging technological advances present an …
patients with spinal degenerative disease. Emerging technological advances present an …
Safety and efficacy of losmapimod in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (ReDUX4): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial
Background Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a hereditary progressive myopathy
caused by aberrant expression of the transcription factor DUX4 in skeletal muscle. No …
caused by aberrant expression of the transcription factor DUX4 in skeletal muscle. No …
[HTML][HTML] Five-repetition sit-to-stand test performance in healthy individuals: reference values and predictors from 2 prospective cohorts
AM Klukowska, VE Staartjes, WP Vandertop… - Neurospine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective The 5-repetition-sit-to-stand (5R-STS) test is an objective test of functional
impairment-commonly used in various diseases, including lumbar degenerative disc …
impairment-commonly used in various diseases, including lumbar degenerative disc …
Follow-up of a Wuqinxi exercise at home programme to reduce pain and improve function for knee osteoarthritis in older people: a randomised controlled trial
CM Xiao, JJ Li, Y Kang, YC Zhuang - Age and ageing, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Exercise therapy is a key intervention in the management of knee osteoarthritis
(KOA) and recommended in international guidelines on KOA management. An effective …
(KOA) and recommended in international guidelines on KOA management. An effective …
Reliability of the 6-minute walking test smartphone application
MN Stienen, OP Gautschi, VE Staartjes… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Objective functional measures such as the 6-minute walking test (6WT) are
increasingly applied to evaluate patients with degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine …
increasingly applied to evaluate patients with degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine …
Machine vision for real-time intraoperative anatomic guidance: a proof-of-concept study in endoscopic pituitary surgery
VE Staartjes, A Volokitin, L Regli… - Operative …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Current intraoperative orientation methods either rely on preoperative
imaging, are resource-intensive to implement, or difficult to interpret. Real-time, reliable …
imaging, are resource-intensive to implement, or difficult to interpret. Real-time, reliable …