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Lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults: current understanding and future directions. Clinics in geriatric medicine [Clin Geriatr Med] Journal article

 
Markman JD, Gaud KG 
Lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults: current understanding and future directions. [Journal Article]
Clin Geriatr Med 2008 May; 24(2):369-88.


Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common cause of low back pain in the elderly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatments have been used with varying success. This article aims to characterize the growing unmet need for the treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication in the elderly population with lumbar spinal stenosis and reviews the current understanding of this condition with an eye toward framing a research agenda for nonsurgical treatments.



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