Lumbar spinal stenosis in an elderly patient

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Clinchot, Daniel M ^a   Kaplan, Paul E ^a   Lamb, James F ^a  

^a Dodd Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GAIT; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031602166     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53a.1.m72     Document Type: Article

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