Incidence of nocturnal leg cramps in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis before and after conservative and surgical treatment

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 779-784

  Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Yamashita, Masaomi ^a   Murata, Yasuaki ^a   Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Ataka, Hiromi ^a   Hirayama, Jiro ^a   Ozawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Morinaga, Tatsuo ^a   Arai, Hajime ^a   Mimura, Masaya ^a   Kamoda, Hiroto ^a   Orita, Sumihisa ^a   Miyagi, Masayuki ^a   Miyashita, Tomohiro ^a   Okamoto, Yuzuru ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Sameda, Hiroaki ^a   Kinoshita, Tomoaki ^a   Hanaoka, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Miyako ^a   Suzuki, Munetaka ^a   Aihara, Takato ^a   Ito, Toshinori ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Toyone, Tomoaki ^a   Kubota, Gou ^a   Sakuma, Yoshihiro ^a   Oikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Inage, Kazuhide ^a   Sainoh, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Jun ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuyo ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   more..

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparison; Conservative treatment; Decompression; Fusion; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Nocturnal leg cramps; Outcome; Pain; Prospective study; Severity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG CRAMP; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; RATING SCALE; SPINE SURGERY; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL STENOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84898757718     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.3.779     Document Type: Article

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