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Examination Findings And Self-Reported Walking Capacity In Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Maura D. Iversen, Jeffrey Neil Katz
Examination Findings And Self-Reported Walking Capacity In Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Maura D. Iversen, Jeffrey Neil Katz
Maura Daly Iversen
Background and Purpose. Spinal stenosis is a common, often disabling, condition resulting from compression of the cauda equina and nerve roots. This study was designed to: (1) characterize the impairments of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and (2) to identifY predictors of self-reported walking capacity. Subjects. Forty-three patients with symptomatic LSS, from 3 specialty clinics, were evaluated. Twenty-eight subjects (65%) were female. The subjects' median age was 73.6 years (X̄=72.4, SD=10.3, range=45.7-90.7) , and the median duration of low back pain was 24 months (X̄=36.6, SD=41.6, range=0-216). Methods. Demographic data, medical history, and information about low back pain and …