Preoperative prone position exercises: a simple and novel method to improve tolerance to kyphoplasty for treatment of single level osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Table 3 Comparison of preoperative and postoperative mean VAS scores

	Preoperation	The first postoperative day	3 months after operation	6 months after operation
Exercises group	7.8 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 1.0*	2.4 ± 0.9*	2.3 ± 0.7*
Control group	7.6 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 1.0*	2.5 ± 1.0*	2.4 ± 0.8*

Abbreviations: VAS visual analogue scale (VAS: 0 = no pain at all, 10 = worst pain imaginable)

ISSN: 1471-2474