The Effectiveness and Safety of Utilizing Mobile Phone–Based Programs for Rehabilitation After Lumbar Spinal Surgery: Multicenter, Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Jingyi Hou   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Rui Yang   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Yaping Yang   ² , PhD ;   Yiyong Tang   ¹ , MS ;   Haiquan Deng   ³ , MS ;   Zhong Chen   ¹ , MS ;   Yanfeng Wu   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Huiyong Shen   ^{5 *} , MD

¹ Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

³ Department of Orthopedics, Guangxi Region People's Hospital, Nanning, China

⁴ Department of Biotherapy Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

⁵ Department of Orthopedics, 8th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

*these authors contributed equally