ArticleGlobal spine journal2021
Lumbar Decompression and Interbody Fusion Improves Gait Performance, Pain, and Psychosocial Factors of Patients With Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.
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- Gait analysis methods in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Symptom relief does not fully reflect functional adaptation after lumbar decompression: longitudinal changes in lifting biomechanics following surgery for degenerative lumbar stenosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Lumbar Decompression is Associated With Changes in Functional Transition Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Control During Sit-to-Stand in Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Therapeutic exercise following lumbar spine surgery: a narrative review.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Alignment in motion: Fall risk in spine patients and the effect of vision, support surface, and adaptation on the cone of economy.North American Spine Society journal · 2024Article
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- Walking speed is associated with postoperative pain catastrophizing in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective observational study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Observational
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Abstract
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designProspective cohort study.
objectiveEvaluate changes in gait, pain, and psychosocial factors among degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) patients before and 3 months after surgical intervention.
methodsForty-four symptomatic DLS patients performed clinical gait analysis 1 week before surgery and 3 months after surgery. Patients performed a series of over-ground gait trials at a self-selected speed. Twenty-two matched asymptomatic controls underwent the same battery of tests. Three-dimensional motion tracking was used to analyze gait kinematics. Patient-reported outcomes, gait range of motion, and spatiotemporal parameters compared before and after lumbar decompression with fusion.
resultsSurgical intervention resulted in significant improvements in walking speed (
conclusionsSurgical treatment of DLS resulted in a faster, more efficient gait in addition to significant reductions in pain, disability, and psychological fear associated with pain and motion. These beneficial changes that we identified early in the postoperative period indicate that patients return to the quality of life they seek early on. Clinical gait analysis provides objective, quantifiable measures of gait parameters that provide new insight into both the preoperative disability associated with DLS and into the early postoperative function of patients during their rehabilitation.
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