Effects of Orthotic Treatment on Fresh Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

Abstract

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) are the most common osteoporotic fractures, affecting patients' quality of life and activity of daily life. Although orthotics is generally the treatment of choice for conservative treatment of OVF, the current evidence for orthotics is limited. Prospective studies without orthotics for the conservative treatment of OVF are difficult due to an ethical point of view because it is common sense that orthotics are the treatment of choice. In fact, there are very few reports that have verified the effectiveness of orthotics compared to no orthotics in the past. Therefore, we compared data from a cohort without orthotics and a cohort with orthotics using propensity score matching to demonstrate the effect of orthotics. In this review, we summarize the effects of orthotics in OVF based on reports of orthotics, including our previous study.