The (cost-)effectiveness of dynamic bracing versus standard care alone in patients suffering from osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracturespinal fracture10017322
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON54417
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 98
Inclusion Criteria
- Postmenopausal woman;
- A symptomatic thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (less
than 6 weeks old);
- Eligible for questionnaires with sufficient understanding of the Dutch
written language.
Exclusion Criteria
- Man
- Unstable vertebral fractures amenable for operative treatment;
- Neurologic deficit;
- Severe spinal deformity (scoliosis);
- Infection;
- Malignancy requiring current treatment;
- Psychiatric or mental disease;
- Insufficient cognitive or language skills to complete the questionnaires.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome parameter is quality of life at one year after<br /><br>intervention, as measured by the Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European<br /><br>Foundation for Osteoporosis (Qualeffo-41). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method