Tomoyoshi Sakaguchi, Naveen Sake, Masato Tanaka, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Shinya Arataki, Takuya Taoka, Yuya Kodama, Kazuhiko Takamatsu, Yosuke Yasuda, Masami Nakagawa, Kayo Utsunomiya, Hiroki Tomiyama
Background : Adult spinal deformity is a complex condition that causes lower back pain, causing spinal imbalance and discomfort in activities of daily life. After corrective spinal surgery, patients' gait and balance abilities might not revert to normalcy and they might be at increased risk of falling. Therefore, early evaluation of such a risk is imperative to prevent further complications such as a fall, or even worse, fractures in post-surgery ASD patients. However, there has been no report of an investigation of such early changes in gait sway before and after ASD surgery...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine