Patients' Preference of the Timed Up and Go Test or Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Before and After Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease.

Publication

Patients' Preference of the Timed Up and Go Test or Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Before and After Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease.

Journal Paper/Review - Nov 29, 2016

Joswig Holger, Stienen Martin N., Smoll Nicolas Roydon, Corniola Marco Vincenzo, Chau Ivan, Schaller Karl L, Hildebrandt Gerhard, Gautschi Oliver Pascal

Citation

Joswig H, Stienen M, Smoll N, Corniola M, Chau I, Schaller K, Hildebrandt G, Gautschi O. Patients' Preference of the Timed Up and Go Test or Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Before and After Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease. World Neurosurg 2016; 99:26-30.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

World Neurosurg 2016; 99

Publication Date

Nov 29, 2016

Issn Electronic

1878-8769

Pages

26-30

Brief description/objective

The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, as a measure of objective functional impairment in lumbar degenerative disk disease (DDD), complements patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) of subjective functional impairment.