Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal which houses the nerves and spinal cord. Stenosis most commonly affects ...

As the population ages, this complaint becomes even more frequent. Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal stenosis affects more than 200,000 adults in the United States and an estimated ...

Gophers wrestler Brandon Sitch’s career came to an end recently when University of Minnesota doctors diagnosed him with spinal stenosis, or the narrowing of the spine. The disorder causes the spinal ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis is characterized by degenerative changes leading to narrowing of the spinal canal as well as compression of multiple nerve roots. The progressive pain and weakness of the ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...