Lower Extremity Motor Deficits Are Underappreciated in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Added Value of Objective Outcome Measures

Lower Extremity Motor Deficits Are Underappreciated in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Added Value of Objective Outcome Measures

Objective The patient-reported outcome measure (PROM)-based evaluation in lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) is today’s gold standard but has limitations. We studied the impact of lower extremity motor deficits (LEMDs) on PROMs and a new objective outcome measure. Methods We evaluated patients w...

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Main Authors: Martin Nikolaus Stienen, Nicolai Maldaner, Marketa Sosnova, Holger Joswig, Marco Vincenzo Corniola, Luca Regli, Gerhard Hildebrandt, Karl Schaller, Oliver Pascal Gautschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2020-03-01
Series:Neurospine
Subjects:
objective functional impairment
lumbar degenerative disc disease
motor deficit
paresis
disability
patient-reported outcome measure
Online Access:http://www.e-neurospine.org/upload/pdf/ns-1938368-184.pdf

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