Patient positioning and braces for pain relief and spinal stability in metastatic cord compression in adults.

Cox, Marie Katherine; Grant, Robin; Kennedy, Catriona; Kilbride, Lynn

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007609

Patient positioning and braces for pain relief and spinal stability in metastatic cord compression in adults.

Cox, Marie Katherine; Grant, Robin; Kennedy, Catriona; Kilbride, Lynn

Authors

Marie Katherine Cox

Robin Grant

Professor Catriona Kennedy c.m.kennedy1@rgu.ac.uk
Associate Dean for Research

Lynn Kilbride

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to investigate the correct positions for patients with MSCC and examine the effects of spinal bracing to relieve pain or vertebral collapse under physiological load, or both, in patients with MSCC.

Citation

COX, M.K., GRANT, R., KENNEDY, C. and KILBRIDE, L. 2009. Patient positioning and braces for pain relief and spinal stability in metastatic cord compression in adults. [Protocol]. Cochrane database of systematic reviews [online], 2009(1), article number CD007609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007609

Other Type	Experiment
Online Publication Date	Jan 21, 2009
Publication Date	Jan 21, 2009
Deposit Date	Sep 13, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Sep 13, 2016
Electronic ISSN	1469-493X
Publisher	Cochrane Collaboration
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007609
Keywords	Metastatic cord compression; Pain relief; Patient care
Public URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1672
Related Public URLs	http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1673 ; http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1676