What is lumbar spinal stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back (lumbar spine). The spinal canal houses the spinal cord and nerves. The narrowing caused by ...

or the lumbar spine (lower back). Cervical and lumbar stenosis are the most common forms, with lumbar spinal stenosis affecting more than 200,000 adults in the United States. Anatomy of the spine and ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

After reading the publications 7 papers fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 60 papers were excluded because they did not report on any quantitative radiological sign of lumbar spinal stenosis.

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

Spinal stenosis can occur in different regions of the spine, which are the cervical (neck), thoracic (mid-back) and lumbar (lower back). In the cervical spine, spinal stenosis can cause symptoms such ...

When the spinal canal narrows in the neck area of your spine, it is called cervical spinal stenosis. In the lower part of your spine, it is known as lumbar spinal stenosis. In the early stages of ...

Introduction Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) is a major public health problem ... The secondary outcomes include the assessment of lower back pain and leg pain using the Numeric Rating ...

When the spinal canal narrows on the lower part of your spine, it is known as lumbar spinal stenosis. Symptoms of cervical spinal stenosis develop gradually and worsen over time. The leading cause of ...

Your doctor may talk to you about this procedure if you have a lot of lower back pain and ... helped relieve your symptoms. Lumbar pain is often caused by spinal stenosis. Your spinal canal ...

This puts pressure on nerves and the spinal cord, causing pain in the back and lower body. The condition may also affect the stomach and urinary system. Spinal stenosis is more common in people 50 ...

Boston, MA 02114, USA; satlas{at}mgh.harvard.edu Patients were at least 50-years-old with pain and functional impairment attributable to lumbar spinal stenosis of the central canal, with no prior ...