Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Authors
Affiliations

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Zhang L, Chen R, Liu B, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Rong L. The nerve root sedimentation sign for differential diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospective, consecutive cohort study. Eur Spine J. 2017;26(10):2512-2519. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4435-2

Pathophysiology

LSS is characterized by diminished space available for the neural and vascular elements in the lumbar spine1

Symptoms

“When symptomatic, LSS typically causes buttock and/or extremity pain with or without low back pain provoked by upright exercise such as walking or prolonged standing”1

Imaging

MRI

  • SedSign1

References

1.
Zhang L, Chen R, Liu B, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Rong L. The nerve root sedimentation sign for differential diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: A retrospective, consecutive cohort study. 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. 2017;26(10):2512-2519. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4435-2

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