Yang Lin1, 2, Yang Yong-hong1, 2, He Hong-chen1, 2, Yu Peng-ming1, 2, He Cheng-qi1, 2

1Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu  610041, Sichuan Province, China; 2Key Laboratory of Rehabilitative Medicine of Sichuan Province, Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu  610041, Sichuan Province, China

Yang Lin★, Master, Lecturer, Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu  610041, Sichuan Province, China; Key Laboratory of Rehabilitative Medicine of Sichuan Province, Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu  610041, Sichuan Province, China
yanglin@21cn.com

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Surgery is a main method to reconstruct the stability of spine after compression fracture. But the reconstruction of spinal stability for patients undergoing conventional therapy remains unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether spinal stability training is effective on improving pain and motor function of patients with vertebral osteoporotic fractures.
METHODS: Patients with vertebral osteoporotic fractures were divided into two groups. The study group was treated with conventional treatments and individualized spinal stabilization training, while the control group received conventional treatments alone. All the subjects were evaluated before and after treatment by numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), 3-meter timed up and go (TUG) and Oswestry functional limitation index (OFLI). The results were compared between the two groups.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 27 patients were included, including 16 patients in the study group and 11 in the control group. After 4-week treatment, TUG and OFLI in the study group decreased significantly compared with the control group (P < 0.05). But there was no statistical significance between the two groups in the level of NPRS and the amount of changes (P > 0.05). Symptoms and function of both groups were improved after treatments. Individualized spinal stability training is effective to restore the motor function and may be helpful for reducing pain for patients with vertebral osteoporotic fractures combined with conventional treatments.

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