Effects of a Single Session of Physiotherapy on Patients Operated for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis

"Patients in the education group will have a meeting with a physiotherapist at the end of the T1 evaluation, which will take place in a suitable room that ensures privacy is maintained. During this meeting, the physiotherapist will provide the patient with advice regarding their return home and will suggest simple exercises to activate/maintain the abdominal and lower back muscles, to be performed at home until the next visit, one month after the surgery. These exercises are part of standard clinical practice and should be routinely performed by patients who undergo lumbar spinal fusion in the period following the surgery. Additionally, the patient will have the opportunity to communicate, via email or phone, with the physiotherapist until the follow-up appointment with the spine surgeon (scheduled for one month later)."

The usual discharge procedures consist of a brief interview with the neurosurgeon during which instructions are provided on how to manage the first month after the surgery.