NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY.

M Bhattacharyya; S. Mcneil; S Sakka

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

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NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY.

M Bhattacharyya
S. Mcneil
S Sakka

NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY.

Bhattacharyya M, Mcneil S, Sakka S. NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY.. Orthop Procs. 2008;90-B(SUPP_II):225-225. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

Bhattacharyya, M, et al. “NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY..” Orthopaedic Proceedings, vol. 90-B, no. SUPP_II, 2008, pp. 225-225., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

Bhattacharyya, M., Mcneil, S., & Sakka, S. (2008). NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY.. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 90-B(SUPP_II), 225-225. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

Bhattacharyya, M., Mcneil, S. and Sakka, S. (2008) “NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY..” Orthopaedic Proceedings, 90-B(SUPP_II), pp. 225-225. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

Bhattacharyya, M, S. Mcneil, and S Sakka. “NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY..” Orthopaedic Proceedings 90-B, no. SUPP_II (2008): 225-225. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

Bhattacharyya M, Mcneil S, Sakka S. NON SURGICAL METHOD OF LUMBER SPINAL DECOMPRESSION WITH A PNEUMATIC ORTHOSIS: PILOT STUDY.. Orthop Procs. 2008 Jul 1;90-B(SUPP_II):225-225. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.90BSUPP_II.0900225

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Abstract

Aim: We present a pilot study on the conservative treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP) using an orthosis. It consists of a pneumatic custom made lumbar vest (Orthotrac), which permits both support-stabilisation and decompression. This system allows patients to perform any activity while wearing it.

Material: The study included 9 patients with radicular pain due to degenerative discopathy including: dark disc, discal protrusion with neural foramina involvement, stenosis of the foramina. Patients had to wear the Orthotrac vest according to a precise protocol, 60 minutes 3 times a day for 5 weeks.

Results: 5 patients (55.5%) have showed a significant subjective and clinical improvement with subsequent better quality of life. All patients referred a decrease or disappearance of radicular pain. Outcome measures were evaluated VAS pain scale and SF-36 follow up questionnaires. Two (22.2%) patients reported to have no benefit.

Conclusion: The pneumatic vest can play an important role in non-surgical therapy for low back pain. The system seems to give an effective spinal decompression and deserves a careful consideration when lumbar discal disease is treated non operatively.

Correspondence should be addressed to Ms Alison McGregor, c/o BOA, SBPR at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35–43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE.