Associations between physical therapy and long-term outcomes for individuals with lumbar spinal stenosis in the SPORT study

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1611-1621

  Fritz, Julie M ^a,b   Lurie, Jon D ^c,d   Zhao, Wenyan ^c   Whitman, Julie M ^e   Delitto, Anthony ^f   Brennan, Gerard P ^b   Weinstein, James N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^e Fellowship Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Physical therapy; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIATICA BOTHERSOMENESS INDEX; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905463781     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.09.044     Document Type: Article

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