The Scoliosis Research Society adult spinal deformity standard outcome set.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Symptomatic adult spinal deformity (ASD) with an extremely variable presentation with pain, with and without neurogenic leg pain, and/or disturbed sagittal and coronal balance, causes a significant societal burden of disease. It is an important consequence of the aging adult population, generating a plethora of spine-related interventions with variable treatment efficacy and consistently high costs. Recent years have witnessed more than a threefold increase in the prevalence and treatment of ASD, and further increases over the coming decades are expected with the growing elderly population worldwide. The ability to monitor and assess clinical outcomes has not kept pace with these developments. This paper addresses the pressing need to provide a set of common outcome metrics

SUBMITTER: de Kleuver M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363534 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature