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FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER A SPINAL FRACTURE R.B. Post
For the printing and distribution of this thesis financial support by Bauerfeind Benelux BV, Biomet Nederland BV, DePuy Spine, Maatschap chirurgie/orthopedie Scheper Ziekenhuis Emmen, Medtronic Nederland BV, Stichting Anna fonds and Stichting Beatrixoord Noord Nederland is gratefully acknowledged. Thesis university of Groningen, the Netherlands with references with summary in Dutch. ISBN: 978 90 367 3535 3 (book) ISBN: 978 90 367 3534 6 (electronic version) Copyright 2008 by R.B. Post All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Chapter 2 to 5 reprinted with kind permission from Springer Science + Business Media. Printed by Drukkerij van Denderen, Groningen.
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER A SPINAL FRACTURE Proefschrift ter verkrijging van het doctoraat in de Medische Wetenschappen aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen op gezag van de Rector Magnificus, dr. F. Zwarts, in het openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 29 oktober 2008 om 13.15 uur door Richard Bernardus Post geboren op 19 augustus 1977 te Elp
Promotor: prof. dr. H.J. ten Duis Copromotores: dr. C.K. van der Sluis dr. V.J.M. Leferink Beoordelingscommissie: prof. dr. S.K. Bulstra prof. dr. J.H.B. Geertzen prof. dr. P. Patka
Paranimfen: drs. E.M. Post drs. R.J. Sol
CONTENTS Table of contents Chapter 1 General introduction and outline of thesis 1 Chapter 2 Spinal mobility: Sagittal range of motion measured with the 31 SpinalMouse, a new non invasive device Chapter 3 Sagittal range of motion after a spinal fracture: does ROM 45 correlate with functional outcome? Chapter 4 Functional outcome 5 years after non operative treatment of 59 type A spinal fractures Chapter 5 Non operatively treated type A spinal fractures: mid term 73 versus long term outcome Chapter 6 Long term functional outcome after type A3 spinal fractures: 85 operative versus non operative treatment Chapter 7 General discussion and conclusions 99 Chapter 8 Summary 117 Chapter 9 Nederlandse samenvatting 125 List of abbreviations 135 Dankwoord 137 Curriculum Vitae 139