Management of osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Figures & data

Figure 1 Schematic presentation of values in personal isometric force in Newton (N): Force (F)/Weight (W) in abdominals and extensor muscles (F/W abdominals and F/W ext, respectively), after 6 months wearing Spinomed orthosis (F: force in Newton, W: weight in Kg).

Table 1 Differences in values of visual analog scale (VAS) and personal isometric force: force (F)/weight (W) in abdominals and extensors muscles (F/W abdominals and F/W extensors, respectively), after 6 months wearing Spinomed orthosis. (F: force in Newton, W: weight in Kg) measured with ISO-RACK device (Digimax, MechaTronic, Germany)

Patients in the beginning of the study (1) vs patients wearing Spinomed for 6 months (2)
Variables	Patients starting wearing Spinomed n = 10 mean ± sd	Patients wearing Spinomed for 6 months n = 10 mean ± sd	P-value
VAS (difference VAS 1 – VAS 2)	65 ± 16.5	41 ±17	0.001
F/W abdominals (difference F/Wabd 1 – F/Wabd 2) (N)	131.1 ± 53.7	197.8 ± 82.7	0.005
F/W extensors (difference F/W ext 1 – F/W ext 2) (N)	197.6 ± 48	246.3 ± 59.5	0.003