Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis through the Use of Translatoric Manipulation and Lumbar Flexion Exercises: A Case Series
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Abstract
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal or intervertebral foramen that can produce low back pain and leg pain and weakness. Surgical intervention is commonly performed to relieve these symptoms. Symptom reduction and longitudinal management of functional deficits with conservative care is less well documented. The purpose of this case series was to describe the outcomes of a conservative physical therapy program consisting of low- and high-velocity translatoric manipulations of T1-T9 and L1-L3, and two lumbar flexion exercises on 6 subjects diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis and neurogenic claudication. A treadmill test was repeated on a weekly basis and at discharge for each patient. All six subjects demonstrated improvements in treadmill walking time prior to the onset of neurogenic claudication (range: 1 min 34 sec to 26 min); in Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index scores (range: 7.5% to 64.7%); and in McGill Pain Questionnaire scores (range: 25% to 57%). Five subjects were measured using the Schober technique, and all showed improvement in thoracolumbar flexion mobility. Combined use of translatoric manipulation and spinal flexion exercises may have resulted in improved spinal flexibility, ambulatory abilities, and pain and functional status in six subjects with lumbar spinal stenosis.
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