Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) affects more than 200 000 adults in the United States,
resulting in substantial pain and disability. It is the most common reason for spinal surgery in …

Purpose. Developed by Manniche et al in 1985, the LBPRS is constructed to measure the 3
clinical illness components of low back pain: pain (back and leg), disability, and physical …

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) causing neurogenic claudication (NC) is increasingly common
with an aging population and can be associated with significant symptoms and functional …

Background Low back pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions and the
highest contributor to disability in the world. It is characterized by frequent relapses leading …

Background context Evidence supporting an association between obesity and low back pain
(LBP) continues to grow; yet little is known about the cause and effect of this relationship …

Objective. The aim of this study was to obtain an expert consensus on which history factors
are most important in the clinical diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Summary of …

Abstract Background The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) guideline for the
management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) was first published in 2011. Since then, the …

Background. Outcomes of laboratory‐based tests for mobility are often used to infer about
older adults' performance in real life; however, it is unclear whether such association exists …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The accurate determination of a patient's functional status is
necessary for therapeutic decision-making and to critically appraise treatment efficacy …

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are commonly used to estimate disability of
patients with spinal degenerative disease. Emerging technological advances present an …