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FACILITATOR: DARRELL LEE
OUR RESEACH ADVISOR:
DR. ANN MARIE FLORES
THE REST OF THE TEAM
– JIMMY GILMORE
– CORY HUSTAD
– SHANE KERLIN
– NICOLE MOTZNY
– FLAVIO SILVA
WHY DID WE CHOOSE THIS TOPIC: LUMBAR FUSION (LF)?
• LOWER BACK PAIN IS THE #1 REPORTED PHYSICAL AILMENT IN THE US
• VANDERBILT PERFORMED 173 LF IN 2007 (Dr. Davis team)
• TO CREATE A STANDARD OF CARE FOR LF AMONG SURGEONS AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
• AFTER ATTENDING A COURSE ON POST SURGICAL SPINE
WE REALISED THAT THE PROTOCOLS WERE NOT BASED ON RESEARCH!
• THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND IN THE RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE (EBM)…
• USC IS THE ONLY CURRENT AND ONGOING RESEARCH THAT WE FOUND THAT WAS TRYING
TO DEVELOP A LUMBAR FUSION PROTOCOL. THIS IS NOT AN ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL AT
THIS TIME.
OUR PURPOSE/OUR AIMS
• IN 2007-2008 WE DEVELOPED A POST-OP LUMBAR FUSION EXERCISE PROTOCOL
– THIS INCLUDED:
• COMMUNICATING WITH THE SURGEONS/STAFF TO FIND SAFE THERAPEUTIC EXERCISES
• DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL TO INCLUDE BEFORE SURGERY (PRE-OPERATION VISIT TO PT)
• WORKING WITH ACUTE CARE REHAB
• HAVING THE PATIENT COME BACK TO OUTPATIENT PT AT THE VOI
THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IRB APPROVAL AND ADVANCING OUR RESEARCH
-WE ALL COMPLETED IRB CITI TRAINING
-WE COMPLETED THE IRB APPLICATION
-WE COMPLETED IRB APPLICATION REVISIONS
-WE HAVE CONTINUED THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SPINE SURGICAL TEAMS
THE SPINE PT TEAM WILL BE COLLECTING DATA RELATED TO PATIENTS WITH LF
-SF 12-OSWESTRY
AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE SURGICAL TEAMS WILL NOT BE COLLECTING THE DATA
FOR THIS STUDY
THE FUTURE OF THE SPINE FOCUS TEAM….
• ANALYSIS OF THE DATA COLLECTED
• PUBLICATION
• CONTINUED COMMUNICATION WITH THE SURGICAL TEAMS
• REVISION OF PROTOCOL IF NEEDED
• COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF PT VS. NO PT AFTER SURGERY, REVISION SURGERY NUMBERS, POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION