Current Advances in Spinal Diseases of Elderly Patients

• Other Authors: Hirai, Takashi (Editor), Nakashima, Hiroaki (Editor), Miyagi, Masayuki (Editor), Takahashi, Shinji (Editor), Uehara, Masashi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; Pharmacology; spinal metastasis; non-small cell lung cancer; decompression; survival; prognosis; epidermal growth factor receptor; Uno's C-index; New England Spinal Metastasis Score; trunk muscle; bioelectrical impedance analysis; MRI; back muscle strength; epidemiological study; osteoporosis; osteopenia; locomotive syndrome; two-step test; frailty; cervical myelopathy; hand grip strength; falls; postoperative; human nonmercaptalbumin; reduced albumin; oxidative stress; spinal sagittal alignment; low back pain; health-related quality of life; conus medullaris; height; pelvic incidence; magnetic resonance imaging; healthy volunteers; n/a; gender differences; spine arthrodesis; spinal fusion; spine; deformity; direct lateral corpectomy; expandable cage; global alignment; local kyphosis; osteoporosis vertebral fracture; cervical spine; clinical findings; computed tomography; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; pain; patient-reported outcomes; whole spine; prevalence; influence factor; spinal alignment; aging; total knee arthroplasty; lumbar lordosis; sagittal spinopelvic parameters; clinical outcome; cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; whole-spine computed tomography; grading system; multicenter study; adult spinal deformity (ASD); posterior lumbar interbody fusion; lateral lumbar interbody fusion; sagittal correction; perioperative complications; surgical invasiveness; degenerative adult deformity; anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion; hybrid fusion; implant failure; graft subsidence; complications; perioperative outcomes; fusion rate; segmental paralysis; mechanical stability; resident cohort; resident registry; spinal balance; gender; adult spine; osteoporotic vertebral fracture; residual pain; visual analog scale; quality of life; adult spine deformity; adult spine fusion; deformity correction; perioperative parameters; ODI; VAS; disability; T1 slope; C2-7 SVA; C2-7 angle; back pain; brace; spine orthoses; lumbar support; spine support; COVID-19; pandemic; spinal disorder; elderly; exercise habit; female; activities of daily living; nutrition; health checkup data; full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy; recurrent herniation; early recurrence
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The rapid aging of populations in developed countries since the 2000s has placed increasing attention on the issue of musculoskeletal disorders in elderly patients. Notably, spinal disorders not only restrict the social activities of elderly patients, but they also lead to economic loss for society....