Walking assessment in people with lumbar spinal stenosis: Capacity, performance, and self-report measures

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 816-823

  Conway, Justin ^a   Tomkins, Christy C ^b   Haig, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity monitors; Back pain; International classification of function; Spinal stenosis; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEBEC BACK PAIN DISABIITY SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF PACED WALKING TEST; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SWISS SPINAL STENOSIS QUESTIONNAIRE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

EID: 80053310200     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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