Effects of Mobilization Time on Occurrence of New Fractures after Vertebroplasty

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Detection of compression fracture in spinal radiography (minimum 15% loss of height)	Severe cardiopulmonary comorbidity
Spinal fracture at or below Th5	Systemic or local spinal infection
Back pain despite 6-week conservative treatment	Suspicion of underlying malignancy
≥5 visual analogue score (VAS)	Radicular syndrome, spinal cord compression syndrome
Bone edema in MRI of vertebral fracture	Patients exempt from MRI
Focal sensitivity at fracture level during physical examination	Senile dementia (check clinical results) or other cerebral diseases, untreated therapeutic anticoagulation
≤−2.5 bone mineral density	Bone metabolism disease
No intradiscal cement leakage	Allergy against radio-opaque agents
	History of vertebral fracture
	Presence of osteonecrosis in other vertebral bodies