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Physiotherapy Rehabilitation for Osteoporotic VErtebral fracture trial (PROVE)

Project title: Physiotherapy Rehabilitation for Osteoporotic VErtebral fracture trial (PROVE)

Call to action: 10/99 Physiotherapy for osteoporotic vertebral fracture

Research type: Primary Research

Chief investigator: Professor Karen Barker

Lead Author: Professor Karen Barker

Contractor: University of Oxford

Cost: £1,309,609.65

Co-investigators: Associate Professor Muhammad Javaid, Dr Catherine Minns Lowe, Dr Helen Campbell, Mrs Fiona Rochford, Mrs Meredith Newman, Professor Cyrus Cooper, Professor Nigel Stallard, Professor Sarah Lamb.

Started: January 2013 | Status: Published August 2019

ISRCTN: 49117867 | PROSPERO registration: CRD42012002268

In this trial, neither manual nor exercise therapy showed benefit over a single physiotherapy session on quality of life or muscle endurance at 1 year in osteoporotic vertebral fracture.

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