Subject characteristics related to hospital care/treatment
| ADR | Fusion | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject characteristics | (n = 22) | (n = 21) | Significance |
| Mean age (range) (y) | 40.30 (19-59) | 42.19 (26-59) | |
| Workers' compensation | 50,865.56 | 107,022.10 | P < .002 |
| Non-workers' | 55,306.50 | 107,313.86 | |
| compensation | |||
| Vertebral levels treated | 66/22 | 63/21 | P < .0001 |
| (3-level surgeries) | |||
| L2-5 | (0/22) 0% | (7/21) 32% | |
| L3-L5,S1 | (22/22) 100% | (14/21) 68% | |
| In-hospital physical | P < .05 | ||
| therapy visits | |||
| 1 | (1/22) 4% | (0/21) 0% | |
| 3 | (5/22) 23% | (0/21) 0% | |
| 4 | (7/22) 32% | (1/21) 5% | |
| 5 | (2/22) 9% | (5/21) 24% | |
| 6 | (3/22) 14% | (5/21) 24% | |
| 7 | (3/22) 14% | (3/21) 14% | |
| 8 | (1/22) 4% | (3/21) 14% | |
| 9 | (0/22) 0% | (4/21) 19% | |
| Days before ambulation | P < .05 | ||
| 1 | (17/22) 77% | (5/21) 24% | |
| 2 | (4/22) 18% | (7/21) 33% | |
| 3 | (1/22) 4% | (5/24) 24% | |
| 5 | (0/22) 0% | (1/21) 5% | |
| Unknown | (0/22) 0% | (3/21) 14% |