Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Original Article Decompression with fusion in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a meta-analysis
... whether spinal fusion with decompression has a better effect than decom- pression alone in the treatment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis ...include spinal decompression with or ...
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Functional evaluation of lumbar spinal stenosis treated with conservative treatment retrospective study
... was found that the use of a lumbosacral corset can increase walking distance before claudication and reduce pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. There is no evidence that use of a brace has ...
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The boot camp program for lumbar spinal stenosis: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) refers to an anatomical narrowing of the central and/or lateral spinal canals ...the spinal canal that can lead to compres- sion and diminished blood flow ...
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The Efficacy of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Plus Calcitonin in the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
... with lumbar spinal canal stenosis who were diagnosed by clinical findings and MRI and having NC were ...index, spinal axial diameter, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), spinal mobility, ...
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Wavelet appearance pyramids for landmark detection and pathology classification : application to lumbar spinal stenosis
... of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and present an approach for fitting the landmarks and grading the central and fore- menal stenosis [7, ...
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Original Article Risk of same-level recurrent stenosis requiring surgery after laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis
... Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a lumbar de- generative disease that is a major cause of lumbar-related discomfort and radicular ...recurrent stenosis, spinal instability, ...
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Accuracy and reproducibility of a retrospective outcome assessment for lumbar spinal stenosis surgery
... Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the most common indi- cation for lumbar spinal surgery in people aged over 65 years [1]. The long-term results of surgery are poor in one third of ...
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A comparative study of three conservative treatments in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: lumbar spinal stenosis with acupuncture and physical therapy study (LAP study)
... Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is usually associated with neurological symptoms and intermittent claudication in the lower extremities due to narrowing of the intervertebral foramen and spinal ...
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Paraspinal muscles density: a marker for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis?
... degenerative lumbar flat back [41], degenerative kyphosis [42] and spinal stenosis ...clinical stenosis (n = 15) compared with the asymptomatic ...with lumbar spinal ...
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Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis with ossification of the ligamentum flavum in achondroplasia: a case report
... Congenital spinal stenosis is a well-known complication of this disease, but, to the best of our knowledge, no cases involving combined stenosis with congenital lumbar spinal ...
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AN INTEGRATED EXERCISE APPROACH FOR SECONDARY LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS- A CASE REPORT
... term Spinal stenosis is defined as the ‘narrowing of the spinal canal with encroachment on the neural structures by surrounding bone and soft tissue ...[1]. Spinal stenosis is described ...
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Treatment pathways in lumbar spinal stenosis. By Prof. Dr. H. Michael Mayer
... Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common spinal conditions seen in ...variant: spinal disc herniation) (Figure 1) and increased pressure on the joints, particularly during ...
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Rehabilitation following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a Cochrane review
... CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library), the Cochrane Back Review Group Trials Register, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and PEDro electronic databases were searched. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the effectiveness of ...
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Prospective one-year follow-up of lumbar spinal stenosis in a regional community
... lss, lumbar spinal stenosis; sF-36, The 36-item short Form health survey; sD, standard deviation; PF, physical functioning; RP, role-physical; BP, bodily pain; gh, general health perception; VT, ...
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Decompressive Surgery Alone for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Elderly Patients
... underwent lumbar spinal decompressive surgery without fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis in the period from September 2003 to August 2007 were ...of lumbar spinal ...
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<p>The Impact of Age on the Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis</p>
... An analysis was undertaken to compare the 1-year outcomes of adults versus older adults. This analysis included all mild patients in prospective, IRB-approved studies with a 1-year follow-up completed since the beginning ...
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Quantitative radiologic criteria for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic literature review
... The search in Medline and Embase, described as step one, yielded, after excluding duplicates, 170 publications. After reading title and abstract 103 papers were excluded. For the remaining 67 publications full text ...
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LumbSten: The lumbar spinal stenosis outcome study
... and lumbar spinal stenosis verified by Computer Tomography or Magnetic Resonance ...Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire will be used to quantify severity of symptoms, physical function ...
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Study Protocol Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections for Spinal Stenosis (LESS): a double blind randomized controlled trial of epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis among older adults
... Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common causes of low back pain among older adults and can result insignificant disability ...of spinal ste- nosis is often multifactorial and the ...
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Dynamic balance in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis; a cross sectional study
... Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common condition among older adults [1]. The main functional problem for persons diagnosed with LSS is walking limi- tations due to increased pain ...
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