Gender difference of symptom severity in lumbar spinal stenosis: Role of pain sensitivity

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Suh, Bo Gun ^a   Lee, Dong Bong ^a   Park, Jae Young ^a   Kang, Kyoung Tak ^b   Chang, Bong Soon ^c   Lee, Choon Ki ^c   Yeom, Jin S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Oswestry Disability Index; Pain sensitivity; Short Form 36; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN SENSITIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84888080553     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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