Tag: age

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Spine surgery ‘safe’ in patients of advanced age

Spine surgery in patients of advanced age is safe to perform as older age itself is not a risk factor, surgeons from seven institutions...

Recovery rates lower and postoperative residual symptoms significantly worsen with age...

Postoperative gait disturbance significantly increases with age, persisting in elderly patients for longer than in non-elderly patients. This is the finding of a recent study comparing clinical...

F-MARC data “strongly depict” increased prevalence of low back pain in...

This year’s Spineweek meeting (Singapore; 16–20 May) featured a number of presentations from F-MARC, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Medical Assessment and...