The study, published in Spine, examined the results of 338 patients who either received the rehabilitation program, educational booklet, both or neither postoperatively. During the 12-month postoperative period, the effect of the rehabilitation program on Oswestry Disability Index scores was -2.7 and the effect of the booklet was 2.7.
The study authors concluded that neither solution improved patients’ functional outcomes.
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