Nonoperative Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Neurogenic Claudication a Systematic Review
SPINE Volume 37, Number 10, pp E609–E616 ©2012, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins LITERATURE REVIEW Nonoperative Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Neurogenic Claudication A Systematic Review Carlo Ammendolia , DC, PhD, *†‡ Kent Stuber, DC, MSc , § Linda K. de Bruin , MSc , ‡ Andrea D. Furlan, MD, PhD , ||‡¶ Carol A. Kennedy, BScPT, MSc , ‡#** Yoga Raja Rampersaud, MD , †† Ivan A. Steenstra , PhD , ‡ and Victoria Pennick, RN, BScN, MHSc ‡‡ or methylcobalamin, improve walking distance. There is very low- Study Design. Systematic review. quality evidence from a single trial that epidural steroid injections Objective. To systematically review the evidence for the improve pain, function, and quality of life up to 2 weeks compared effectiveness of nonoperative treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with home exercise or inpatient physical therapy. There is low- with neurogenic claudication. quality evidence from a single trial that exercise is of short-term Summary of Background Data. Neurogenic claudication benefi t for leg pain and function compared with no treatment. There can signifi cantly impact functional ability, quality of life, and is low- and very low-quality evidence from 6 trials that multimodal independence in the elderly. nonoperative treatment is less effective than indirect or direct Methods. We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, surgical decompression with or without fusion. and ICL databases up to January 2011 for randomized controlled Conclusion. Moderate- and high-GRADE evidence for nonopera- trials published in English, in which at least 1 arm provided tive treatment is lacking and thus prohibiting recommendations to data on nonoperative treatments. Risk of bias in each study was guide clinical practice. Given the expected exponential rise in the independently assessed by 2 reviewers using 12 criteria.
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