[Early postoperative stabilometric training in patients with spinal diseases who underwent decompressive-stabilizing...

To study the impact of rehabilitation measures on the dynamics of pain syndrome and on the state of postural muscle balance in the early postoperative period in patients with degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the lumbar spine who have undergone decompressive-stabilizing interventions.

This paper comparatively analyzed the level of pain syndrome in the lumbar spine and lower extremities, the stabilometric indicators characterizing the amplitude of center-of-pressure oscillations in patients who had undergone decompressive-stabilizing operations at 7±2 days after surgical treatment for degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the lumbar spine. Two groups of 60 people in each were formed: rehabilitation measures were implemented, starting on day 2 of an early postoperative period (the duration of the latter was 7±2 days after surgery); the basic complex was supplemented with stabilometric training in Group 1 (a study group); only the basic complex was used in Group 2 (a comparison group).

In the study group, the frequency of rehabilitation outcomes with an achieved excellent result depending on the level of pain syndrome in the lower extremities and spine on a visual analogue scale was 62.5 and 88.9%, respectively; which significantly statistically exceeds the proportion of patients with the same outcome in the comparison group (37.5 and 11.1%; p<0.01 in both cases). There was a statistically significant more pronounced decrease in the level of pain syndrome in the lumbar spine (p=0.0001) and lower limbs (p=0.003) in the patients of the study group in the early postoperative period. Intergroup comparison revealed a statistically significant decrease in all the indicators monitored in the study, which characterize the amplitude of the center-of-pressure oscillations. Moreover, the value of the oscillation area parameter between the patient groups differed by 1.76 and 1.83 times during Romberg's test with the eyes open or closed, respectively (p=0.0001).

The findings suggest that the comprehensive treatment supplemented with stabilometric training in the early postoperative period improves the state of postural muscle balance. There was a statistically significant predominance of compliance with normative values in patients of the study group during Romberg's test with the eyes open or closed (p=0.007 and p=0.00002, respectively), which contributes to a more marked decrease in the level of pain syndrome in the lumbar spine (p=0.001) and lower extremities (p=0.003).