Clinical and psychofunctional measures of conservative decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: A prospective cohort study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Gunzburg, R ^a   Keller, T S ^b   Szpalski, M ^c   Vandeputte, K ^a   Spratt, K F ^d,e  

^a Centennial Clinic   (Belgium)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Laminarthrectomy; Lumbar vertebrae; Stenosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERROR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

EID: 0038333277     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0479-6     Document Type: Article

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