Predictive factors for successful non-operative treatment and achieving MCID improvement in health-related quality of life in adult spinal deformity.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord · 2022 · PMC9394065 · PMID 35996091

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Multivariate regression showed that smaller range of lateral spinal flexion ( p = 0.073) and presence of spondylolisthesis ( p = 0.080) were predictors just short of significance, whereas presence of active physiotherapy prescription ( p = 0.044) was a significant predictor for reaching MCID in both HRQOL scores (Table 4 ).

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