Trials we should know

Question 1

What did the SPORT trial investigate?

Answer 1

Three most common spinal conditions - disc herniation, spinal stenosis, and degenerative spondylolisthesis with stenosis

Question 2

What did the SPORT trial demonstrate?

Answer 2

Spinal stenosis treated with surgery showed significantly greater impovement in pain, function, and disability than those treated non-surgically

additionally, demonstrated improvements in patients with disc herniation and degenerative spondylolisthesis treated operatively compared to those treated non-operatively