Factors associated with lumbar spinal stenosis in a large-scale, population-based cohort: The Wakayama Spine Study.

Factors associated with lumbar spinal stenosis in a large-scale, population-based cohort: The Wakayama Spine Study.

OBJECTIVE:Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) who have radiographically similar degrees of stenosis may not necessarily exhibit equivalent symptoms. As part of a cross-sectional study, we examined factors associated with symptomatic LSS (sLSS) in the general population of Japan. METHODS:We ev...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Maeda, Hiroshi Hashizume, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Oka, Yuyu Ishimoto, Keiji Nagata, Masanari Takami, Shunji Tsutsui, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Akihito Minamide, Yukihiro Nakagawa, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Shigeyuki Muraki, Sakae Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamada, Munehito Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6051614?pdf=render

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