Are preoperative health-related quality of life scores predictive of clinical outcomes after lumbar fusion?
Patients with good preoperative MCS and poor preoperative ODI scores who are not on workers' compensation are more likely to improve after lumbar fusion. Threshold values for MCS, PCS, and ODI predictive of a patient achieving minimum clinically important difference for PCS and ODI could not be determined.
These data reveal that short-term exercise training does not elevate ER stress proteins in the heart. Hence, the cardioprotective effect of short-term exercise training does not seem to be linked to ER stress adaptation.