Systematic flexion-based approach for patients with radiological signs of lumbar spinal stenosis: Myth or reality? A retrospective study

Christian Longtin; Yannick Busseau; Mathieu Jetté; Gabriel Cabana-Boucher; Christopher Ouellet; Olivier Tri-Thinh Lam; Pierre Allard; Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme

doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2017.03.005

Systematic flexion-based approach for patients with radiological signs of lumbar spinal stenosis: Myth or reality? A retrospective study

Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2018 Jul;61(4):270-272. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2017.03.005. Epub 2017 Jul 13.

Authors

Christian Longtin¹, Yannick Busseau², Mathieu Jetté³, Gabriel Cabana-Boucher⁴, Christopher Ouellet⁵, Olivier Tri-Thinh Lam⁶, Pierre Allard⁷, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme⁸

Affiliations

¹ School of rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada. Electronic address: christian.longtin@usherbrooke.ca.
² School of rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada. Electronic address: yannick.busseau@usherbrooke.ca.
³ School of rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada. Electronic address: mathieu.jette@usherbrooke.ca.
⁴ School of rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada. Electronic address: gabriel.cabana-boucher@usherbrooke.ca.
⁵ School of rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada. Electronic address: christopher.ouellet@usherbrooke.ca.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada. Electronic address: olivierlam.qc@gmail.com.
⁷ Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E5, Canada. Electronic address: pallard@jgh.mcgill.ca.
⁸ School of rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4, Canada; Research Center of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: yannick.tousignant-laflamme@usherbrooke.ca.

PMID: 28713037
DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2017.03.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Directional preference; Low back pain; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Physical therapy; Symptomatic response.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Biomechanical Phenomena
Exercise Therapy / methods*
Female
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Stenosis / physiopathology
Spinal Stenosis / rehabilitation*
Treatment Outcome