A comprehensive study of patients with surgically treated lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1954-1959

  Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Tenhula, Janet ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Riew, K Daniel ^a   Blanke, Kathy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036842768     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200211000-00008     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Amundsen T, Weber H, Lilleas F, Nordal HJ, Abdelnoor M, Magnaes B. Lumbar spinal stenosis. Clinical and radiologic features. Spine. 1995;20:1178-86.
2. Getty CJ. Lumbar spinal stenosis: The clinical spectrum and the results of operation. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1980;62:481-5.
3. Herno A, Airaksinen O, Saari T. Long-term results of surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine. 1993;18:1471-4.
4. Surin V, Hedelin E, Smith L. Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: Results of operative treatment. Acta Orthop Scand. 1982;53:79-85.
5. Turner JA, Ersek M, Herron L, Deyo R. Surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. Attempted meta-analysis of the literature. Spine. 1992;17:1-8.
6. Dong G, Porter RW. Walking and cycling tests in neurogenic and intermittent claudication. Spine. 1989;14:965-9.
7. Dyck P, Doyle JB Jr. "Bicycle test" of van Gelderen in diagnosis of intermittent cauda equina compression syndrome. Case report. J Neurosurg. 1977;46:667-70.
8. Tenhula J, Lenke LG, Bridwell KH, Gupta P, Riew D. Prospective functional evaluation of the surgical treatment of neurogenic claudication in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. J Spinal Disord. 2000;13:276-82.
9. van Gelderen C. Ein orthotisches (ordotisches) Kaudasyndrom. Acta Psychiatr Neurol. 1948;23:57-68.
10. Deen HG Jr, Zimmerman RS, Lyons MK, McPhee MC, Verheijde JL, Lemens SM. Measurement of exercise tolerance on the treadmill in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis: A useful indicator of functional status and surgical outcome. J Neurosurg. 1995;83:27-30.
11. Deen HG, Zimmerman RS, Lyons MK, McPhee MC, Verheijde JL, Lemens SM. Use of the exercise treadmill to measure baseline functional status and surgical outcome in patients with severe lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine. 1998;23:244-8.
12. Fritz JM, Erhard RE, Delitto A, Welch WC, Nowakowski PE. Preliminary results of the use of a two-stage treadmill test as a clinical diagnostic tool in the differential diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis. J Spinal Disord. 1997;10:410-6.
13. Jonsson B, Annertz M, Sjoberg C, Stromqvist B. A prospective and consecutive study of surgically treated lumbar spinal stenosis. Part 1: Clinical features related to radiographic findings. Spine. 1997;22:2932-7.
14. Jensen OH, Schmidt-Olsen S. A new functional test in the diagnostic evaluation of neurogenic intermittent claudication. Clin Rheumatol. 1989;8:363-7.
15. Fairbank JC, Couper J, Davies JB, O'Brien JP. The Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. Physiotherapy. 1980;66:271-3.
16. Fairbank JC, Pynsent PB. The Oswestry Disability Index. Spine. 2000;25:2940-52.
17. Saifuddin A. The imaging of lumbar spinal stenosis. Clin Radiol. 2000;55:581-94.
18. Wildermuth S, Zanetti M, Duewell S, Schmid MR, Romanowski B, Benini A, Boni T, Hodler J. Lumbar spine: Quantitative and qualitative assessment of positional (upright flexion and extension) MR imaging and myelography. Radiology. 1998;207:391-8.
19. Willen J, Danielson B, Gaulitz A, Niklason T, Schonstrom N, Hansson T. Dynamic effects on the lumbar spinal canal: Axially loaded CT-myelography and MRI in patients with sciatica and/or neurogenic claudication. Spine. 1997;22:2968-76.
20. Modic MT, Masaryk T, Boumphrey F, Goormastic M, Bell G. Lumbar herniated disk disease and canal stenosis: Prospective evaluation by surface coil MR, CT, and myelography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1986;147:757-65.
21. Schnebel B, Kingston S, Watkins R, Dillin W. Comparison of MRI to contrast CT in the diagnosis of spinal stenosis. Spine. 1989;14:332-7.
22. Bolender NF, Schonstrom NS, Spengler DM. Role of computed tomography and myelography in the diagnosis of central spinal stenosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1985;67:240-6.
23. Hamanishi C, Matukura N, Fujita M, Tomihara M, Tanaka S. Cross-sectional area of the stenotic lumbar dural tube measured from the transverse views of magnetic resonance imaging. J Spinal Disord. 1994;7:388-93.
24. Mariconda M, Zanforlino G, Celestino GA, Brancaleone S, Fava R, Milano C. Factors influencing the outcome of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. J Spinal Disord. 2000;13:131-7.
25. Porter RW, Ward D. Cauda equina dysfunction. The significance of two-level pathology. Spine. 1992;17:9-15.
26. Olmarker K, Rydevik B. Single-versus double-level nerve root compression. An experimental study on the porcine cauda equina with analyses of nerve impulse conduction properties. Clin Orthop. 1992;279:35-9.
27. Takahashi K, Olmarker K, Holm S, Porter RW, Rydevik B. Double-level cauda equina compression: An experimental study with continuous monitoring of intraneural blood flow in the porcine cauda equina. J Orthop Res. 1993;11:104-9.