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the Evaluation of Four Non-operative Treatments for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Clinical Trial ID NCT02592642

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1 A power primer. Psychol Bull 1992 63.66
2 A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission. J Gerontol 1994 30.72
3 Patient self-management of chronic disease in primary care. JAMA 2002 17.35
4 The Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. Physiotherapy 1980 16.94
5 Lower extremity function and subsequent disability: consistency across studies, predictive models, and value of gait speed alone compared with the short physical performance battery. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2000 15.54
6 A critical review of visual analogue scales in the measurement of clinical phenomena. Res Nurs Health 1990 8.18
7 Effect of a self-management program on patients with chronic disease. Eff Clin Pract 2001 7.46
8 Trends, major medical complications, and charges associated with surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults. JAMA 2010 7.28
9 The measurement of clinical pain intensity: a comparison of six methods. Pain 1986 7.04
10 Falls efficacy as a measure of fear of falling. J Gerontol 1990 5.04
11 A comparison of a modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire and the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale. Phys Ther 2001 4.32
12 The development of a comorbidity index with physical function as the outcome. J Clin Epidemiol 2005 4.24
13 Long-term outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis: 8 to 10 year results from the maine lumbar spine study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2005 3.67
14 Factorial and discriminant validity of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. J Clin Psychol 1986 3.46
15 Evaluation of the MOS SF-36 physical functioning scale (PF-10): I. Unidimensionality and reproducibility of the Rasch item scale. J Clin Epidemiol 1994 2.79
16 The impact of spinal problems on the health status of patients: have we underestimated the effect? Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2000 2.51
17 Spinal stenosis prevalence and association with symptoms: the Framingham Study. Spine J 2009 2.32
18 Arthritis self-management education programs: a meta-analysis of the effect on pain and disability. Arthritis Rheum 2003 2.30
19 Measurement properties of a self-administered outcome measure in lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1996 2.16
20 Surgical treatment patterns among Medicare beneficiaries newly diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine J 2010 2.09
21 Changes in epidural pressure during walking in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1995 2.06
22 A comparison between two physical therapy treatment programs for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized clinical trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2006 1.91
23 The reliability of the Shuttle Walking Test, the Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire, the Oxford Spinal Stenosis Score, and the Oswestry Disability Index in the assessment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002 1.70
24 Lumbar spinal stenosis: a brief review of the nonsurgical management. Can J Anaesth 2010 1.67
25 Quantification of walking ability in subjects with neurogenic claudication from lumbar spinal stenosis--a comparative study. Spine J 2011 1.67
26 A prospective and consecutive study of surgically treated lumbar spinal stenosis. Part I: Clinical features related to radiographic findings. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1997 1.65
27 Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Diagnostic value of the history and physical examination. Arthritis Rheum 1995 1.57
28 Can chronic disability be prevented? A randomized trial of a cognitive-behavior intervention and two forms of information for patients with spinal pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2000 1.56
29 Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 1.54
30 Fear of movement/(re)injury and activity avoidance in persons with neurogenic versus vascular claudication. Spine J 2012 1.39
31 Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) before and one year after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2009 1.37
32 Development of a physical performance and mobility examination. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994 1.36
33 Epidural pressure measurements. Relationship between epidural pressure and posture in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1995 1.35
34 A randomized clinical trial and subgroup analysis to compare flexion-distraction with active exercise for chronic low back pain. Eur Spine J 2005 1.33
35 Does this older adult with lower extremity pain have the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis? JAMA 2010 1.27
36 Walking ability during daily life in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or the hip and lumbar spinal stenosis: a cross sectional study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2010 1.26
37 Self-efficacy mediates the relation between pain-related fear and outcome in chronic low back pain patients. Eur J Pain 2007 1.19
38 Examination findings and self-reported walking capacity in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Phys Ther 2001 1.19
39 Validity and reproducibility of self-report measures of walking capacity in lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 1.18
40 Self-management of rheumatic diseases: state of the art and future perspectives. Ann Rheum Dis 2010 1.18
41 Effect of low back posture on the morphology of the spinal canal. Skeletal Radiol 2000 1.17
42 Neural mobilization: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials with an analysis of therapeutic efficacy. J Man Manip Ther 2008 1.16
43 A new transient sham TENS device allows for investigator blinding while delivering a true placebo treatment. J Pain 2009 1.14
44 Nonoperative treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: a systematic review. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2012 1.09
45 Depression and associated factors in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Disabil Rehabil 2006 1.09
46 The effect of body position and axial load on spinal canal morphology: an MRI study of central spinal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2008 1.08
47 A non-surgical approach to the management of lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective observational cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2006 1.06
48 Dynamic change of dural sac cross-sectional area in axial loaded magnetic resonance imaging correlates with the severity of clinical symptoms in patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2012 1.02
49 A criterion measure of walking capacity in lumbar spinal stenosis and its comparison with a treadmill protocol. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009 1.02
50 What interventions improve walking ability in neurogenic claudication with lumbar spinal stenosis? A systematic review. Eur Spine J 2014 0.93
51 Is surgery more effective than non-surgical treatment for spinal stenosis, and which non-surgical treatment is more effective? A systematic review. Physiotherapy 2012 0.91
52 Therapeutic exercise in the treatment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2001 0.90
53 Comparison of three established measures of fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: psychometric testing. Int J Nurs Stud 2009 0.87
54 Treadmill walking with body weight support is no more effective than cycling when added to an exercise program for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomised controlled trial. Aust J Physiother 2007 0.84
55 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and the reaction to experimental pain in human subjects. Pain 1979 0.83
56 Effectiveness of self-management of low back pain: systematic review with meta-analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2012 0.82
57 The effectiveness of lumbosacral corset in symptomatic degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. J Med Assoc Thai 2001 0.82
58 Nonsurgical management of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a literature review and a case series of three patients managed with physical therapy. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2003 0.82
59 A double-blind investigation of the hypoalgesic effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation upon experimentally induced ischaemic pain. Pain 1995 0.80
60 Brace treatment of spinal claudication in an adolescent with a grade IV spondylosisthesis--a case report. Stud Health Technol Inform 2006 0.79
61 Modification of experimental, lower limb ischemic pain with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. Clin J Pain 2012 0.78
62 Effect of lumbar spinal stenosis and surgical decompression on erectile function. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 0.77
63 Manipulation of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation variables has no effect on two models of experimental pain in humans. Clin J Pain 1996 0.76
64 Effect of TENS Versus Placebo on Walking Capacity in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Chiropr Med 2016 0.75
65 Pudendal nerve electroacupuncture for lumbar spinal canal stenosis - a case series. Acupunct Med 2008 0.75
66 The boot camp program for lumbar spinal stenosis: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Chiropr Man Therap 2016 0.75
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