Personalised recover y prediction following lumbar microdiscectomy and post-operative phys iotherapy for patients with painful lumbar radiculopathy
N o 'standard recovery' after hernia surgery: plea for customization
Surgery on a herniated disc in the lower back is far from always
offering the certainty of a successful recovery. This emerges from th
e research of physiotherapist Stijn Willems, who shows that the diffe
rences between patients are great - and that this calls for a much mo
re personalized approach to care and education.
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DESCRIPTION: Personalised recovery prediction following lumbar microdi scectomy and post-operative physiotherapy for patients with painful l umbar radiculopathy No 'standard recovery' after hernia surgery: plea for customizationSurgery on a herniated disc in the lower back is fa r from always offering the certainty of a successful recovery. This e merges from the research of physiotherapist Stijn Willems, who shows that the differences between patients are great - and that this calls for a much more personalized approach to care and education.