ArticleFukushima journal of medical science2021
The association between clinical symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis and MRI axial imaging findings.
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- Cauda equina movements during the Valsalva maneuver in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: introducing a novel method for redundant nerve evaluations.Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- Pain trajectories over 12 months following conservative care consultation in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- Prolotherapy at Multifidus Muscle versus Mechanical Needling and Sterile Water Injection in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Outcome of Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression for Multisegment Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and the Effect on VAS Scores.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeIn diagnosing lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is appropriate to confirm the presence of anatomical stenosis of the spinal canal or compression of the nerve roots. However, it is known that morphological LSS is often present in asymptomatic subjects. There is still controversy about the relationship between anatomical LSS and symptomatic LSS. The aim of this study was to assess the association between qualitative imaging findings on MRI of the lumbar spine and symptomatic LSS. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study of 239 volunteers from an epidemiological survey that included 1,862 participants in total. MRI of the lumbar spine was evaluated in four categories: morphological grading of central stenosis and lateral recess stenosis, presence of the sedimentation sign, and severity of facet joint effusion. The relationship between these morphological evaluations and typical LSS symptoms as assessed by the self-administered, self-reported history questionnaire for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS-SSHQ) was investigated by multiple logistic regression analysis.
resultsThe odds ratio of the most severe central stenosis to no stenosis was 15.5 (95%CI: 1.4-164.9). Only the most severe central stenosis was associated with typical LSS symptoms, but not all cases with typical LSS symptoms were due to severe central stenosis.
conclusionExtreme severe central stenosis was strongly related to typical LSS symptoms. However, although subjects with severe central stenosis showed symptoms suggestive of LSS, these subjects did not always show typical LSS symptoms.
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