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Chantsoulis Marzena, Sipko Tomasz, Wójtowicz Dorota, Pawik Lukasz, Debiec-Bak Agnieszka, Woloszyn Daria, Skrzek Anna. Assessment of quality of life after the DIAMTM spinal stabilization system. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(10):279-288. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162080http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3943 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015).755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7© The Author (s) 2016;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercialuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 02.10.2016. Revised 02.10.2016. Accepted: 20.10.2016. Assessment of quality of life after the DIAMTM spinal stabilization systemMarzena Chantsoulis1,2, Tomasz Sipko1, Dorota Wójtowicz1, Lukasz Pawik*1, Agnieszka Debiec-Bak1, Daria Woloszyn3, Anna Skrzek1 1 Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Poland2 4th Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland3Wroclaw Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Fryderyka Chopina 5, 51-609 Wroclaw, Marzena Chantsoulis, 4th Military Hospital with Policlinic, Neurosurgery Department, ul. Weigla 5, 50-981 Wroclaw, PolandAcademy of Physical Education, ul. I. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland marzena.chantsoulis@awf.wroc.pl , +48 71 347 30 76. Tomasz Sipko, Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Al. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, tomasz.sipko@awf.wroc.pl , +48 71 347 30 84. Dorota Wójtowicz, Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Al. Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, dorota.wojtowicz@awf.wroc.pl , +48 71 347 30 76. * Lukasz Pawik, Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Al. Ignacego Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, lukaszpawik@gmail.com , +48 71 347 30 76. Agnieszka Debiec-Bak, Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Al. Ignacego Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw, agnieszka.debiec-bak@awf.wroc.pl , +48 71 347 30 76. Daria Woloszyn, Wroclaw Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, Fryderyka Chopina 5, 51-609 Wroclaw, dkowalewska@gmail.com, +48 71 372 94 05. Anna Skrzek, Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, Al. Ignacego Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wroclaw anna.skrzek@awf.wroc.pl , +48 71 347 30 76. Assessment of quality of life after the DIAMTM spinal stabilization system Purpose. The Device for Intervertebral Assisted Motion (DIAM™) is a method that has been recently applied for the operative treatment of low back pain. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life in patients with low back pain during the course of a single-level discopathy performed using the DIAM™ system, who previously had not undergone any surgical procedure within the lumbar spine.Methods. The study group consisted of 23 selected patients (15 women and 8 men) with a mean age of 47 years. All subjects underwent single-level fenestration with discectomy and DIAM™ system implantation. The level of pain and disability at rest and movement were evaluated at baseline (pre-surgery) and at 6 months after surgery. All patients underwent a post-operative rehabilitation programme. Patients were evaluated using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) –pain’s level at rest and movement, a modified Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and the Melzack Pain Questionnaire (MPQ).Results. Pain’s level reduction was observed in 78% of patients at rest and in 88% of patients at movement. 79% of patients presented an improvement in their ODI score, but disability still persisted in pain intensity and during lifting. All MPQ indicators also improved, but mostly in the psychological dimensions of pain.Conclusions. It was found that during the 6 months following a single-level DIAM™ implantation a greater decrease in pain at rest than at movement was recorded. Key words: quality of life, DIAMTM, spinal stabilization