A comparative study of 2-year follow-up outcomes in lumbar spinal stenosis patients treated with physical therapy alone and those with surgical intervention after less successful physical therapy.

Masakazu Minetama,Mamoru Kawakami,Masafumi Nakagawa,Yuyu Ishimoto,Keiji Nagata,Daisuke Fukui,Tadashi Sumiya,Tomoko Kitagawa,Takahiro Miyake,Yoshio Yamamoto,Nana Sakon,Toshiko Matsuoka,Yukihiro Nakagawa

Journal of Orthopaedic Science（2018）

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Abstract

At 2 years, the outcomes except for the change in physical function score in the ZCQ subscale did not differ significantly between patients who had undergone surgery and those who avoided surgery.

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lumbar spinal stenosis patients,lumbar spinal stenosis,physical therapy

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