[Advantages of early functional treatment of fractures of the thoracolumbar vertebrae without paresis compared with functional treatment after Magnus (author's transl)].

The results of two different method of conservative treatment of vertebral fractures are compared in Groups of each 60 patients. Group one was been treated by the early functional method, which is described, whereas group two was treated according to Magnus. The results of the first group were without prejudice to the results of the second group. As a marked advantage, however, the overall period of hospitalisation was reduced by about 3 weeks in the first group.