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1. What are the benefits and harms of the use of a brace/corset/orthosis additional to usual care as compared to usual care alone in patients over 50 years of age with a symptomatic stable vertebral fracture?

 

P: patients over 50 years of age with a symptomatic stable vertebral fracture

I: usual care with use of a brace/corset/orthosis (if possible, organize by subgroup type of brace)

C: placebo or usual care without brace/corset/orthosis

O: pain, quality of life (QOL), activities/limitations of daily living, secondary fractures, complications, participation (including work), muscle strength.

 

2. What are the benefits and harms of different types of braces in patients over 50 years of age with a symptomatic stable vertebral fracture?

 

P: patients over 50 years of age with a symptomatic stable vertebral fracture

I: hard, soft of dynamic brace

C: comparison of the braces mentioned above

O: pain, quality of life (QOL), activities/limitations of daily living, secondary fractures, complications, participation (including work), muscle strength.