Background Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is prevalent in those over the age of 65 years and the leading cause of spinal surgery in this population. Recent systematic reviews have examined the ...

The main reasons for exclusion were: outcomes were not patient reported functional outcome measures (n = 12); non-experimental research design (n = 10); populations with lumbar pathological ...

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the ... Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are posterior ...

Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal stenosis affects more than 200,000 adults in the United States and an estimated 103 million people worldwide. In patients over age 65, it is the ...