Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66889, first published .
Effect of a Digital Health Exercise Program on the Intention for Spinal Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey

Effect of a Digital Health Exercise Program on the Intention for Spinal Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey

Effect of a Digital Health Exercise Program on the Intention for Spinal Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity: Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey

Marsalis Christian Brown   1 * , MD ;   Christopher Quincy Lin   2 * , MS ;   Christopher Jin   3 , BS ;   Matthew Rohde   4 * , BS ;   Brett Rocos   5 , MD ;   Jonathan Belding   1 , MD ;   Barrett I Woods   6 * , MD ;   Stacey J Ackerman   7 * , PhD

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States

2 Department of Medicine, The Larner College of Medicine, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States

3 Department of Medical, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States

4 The Department of Orthopaedics, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, United States

5 Duke Spine Center, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, United States

6 Department of Spine Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States

7 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, San Diego, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Marsalis Christian Brown, MD
  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • MetroHealth Medical Center
  • 2500 MetroHealth Dr
  • Cleveland, OH 44109
  • United States
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  • Email: brown.marsalis@gmail.com