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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2024

Effectiveness rehabilitative therapy and Pridinol Mesylate in low back pain.

Lorenza Lauricella, Noemi Calabrese, Dalila Scaturro, Domenico Migliorino, Michele Vecchio, Giulia Letizia Mauro

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Lorenza LauricellaPaolo Giaccone University Hospital Policlinico, Palermo, Italy.
Noemi CalabreseUniversity of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Dalila ScaturroDepartment of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Disciplines, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Domenico MigliorinoUniversity of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Michele VecchioSection of Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Giulia Letizia MauroDepartment of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Disciplines, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Spondylarthritis is a degenerative disease involving the intervertebral disc, vertebral bodies, and adjacent soft tissues. Treatment aims to slow disease progression and manage symptoms through an interdisciplinary approach. It can be conservative and rarely chirurgic. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation combined with Pridinol Mesylate in the treatment of Spondylarthritis in elderly patients in terms of pain resolution, improving disability, and quality of life. Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospective study on patients with Spondylarthritis. The patients recruited ( Results: The results show, at T1 (20 days after treatment) in the CG, statistically significant improvements for the NRS and QBPDS. In the RG, statistically significant improvements were observed only for the QBPDS scale. In the DG group, only pain improvement. At T2 (90 days after treatment), the CG showed improvements in NRS, QBPDS, and (SF-36). The RG and DG showed improvements for NRS and for QBPDS. By Bonferroni method, obtained statistically significant values for CG versus RG and for CG versus DG. No statistical significance was found between RG versus DG. Conclusion: Targeted rehabilitation treatment, combined with Pridinol Mesylate, reduced pain and improved disability in lumbar Spondylarthritis both in the short and medium term, with improved quality of life in elderly patients.

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exerciselow back painpostural balancePridinolrehabilitation

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PMID39911667
PMCPMC11794184

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