Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on June 15, 2002
Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) - Intervertebral Disc Herniation (SPORT) | NCT00000410
Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): Spinal Stenosis | NCT00000411
Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): a randomized trial. JAMA (2006) 12.22
Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis. N Engl J Med (2008) 10.35
Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) observational cohort. JAMA (2006) 7.45
Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med (2007) 6.72
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Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: four-year results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 3.46
Epidural steroid injections are associated with less improvement in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a subgroup analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 3.37
Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohorts. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2009) 2.99
Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis four-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 2.80
Descriptive epidemiology and prior healthcare utilization of patients in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial's (SPORT) three observational cohorts: disc herniation, spinal stenosis, and degenerative spondylolisthesis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 2.30
Lumbar spine: reliability of MR imaging findings. Radiology (2008) 2.06
Long-term outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis: eight-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2015) 1.96
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Degenerative spondylolisthesis: does fusion method influence outcome? Four-year results of the spine patient outcomes research trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2009) 1.71
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Informed patient choice: patient-centered valuing of surgical risks and benefits. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 1.38
Comparative effectiveness evidence from the spine patient outcomes research trial: surgical versus nonoperative care for spinal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and intervertebral disc herniation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.36
Racial variation in treatment preferences and willingness to randomize in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2006) 1.32
Does this older adult with lower extremity pain have the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis? JAMA (2010) 1.27
The impact of workers' compensation on outcomes of surgical and nonoperative therapy for patients with a lumbar disc herniation: SPORT. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2010) 1.16
Who should have surgery for spinal stenosis? Treatment effect predictors in SPORT. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2012) 1.16
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Spine patient outcomes research trial: radiographic predictors of clinical outcomes after operative or nonoperative treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 1.07
The impact of diabetes on the outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical treatment of patients in the spine patient outcomes research trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 1.06
SPORT lumbar intervertebral disk herniation and back pain: does treatment, location, or morphology matter? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 1.03
Who should undergo surgery for degenerative spondylolisthesis? Treatment effect predictors in SPORT. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 1.00
Who should have surgery for an intervertebral disc herniation? Comparative effectiveness evidence from the spine patient outcomes research trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2012) 0.98
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Is the sedimentation sign associated with spinal stenosis surgical treatment effect in SPORT? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2015) 0.93
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Risk for adjacent segment and same segment reoperation after surgery for lumbar stenosis: a subgroup analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2013) 0.87
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Lumbar disc herniation in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial: does educational attainment impact outcome? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2011) 0.82
The effect of race on outcomes of surgical or nonsurgical treatment of patients in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2012) 0.81
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Recurrence of Pain After Usual Nonoperative Care for Symptomatic Lumbar Disk Herniation: Analysis of Data From the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. PM R (2015) 0.78
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