The effect of a prostaglandin E1 derivative on the symptoms and quality of life of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 208 - 215
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Jun, Hirabayashi, Hiroki, Hashidate, Hiroyuki, Ogihara, Nobuhide, Mukaiyama, Keijiro, Kato, Hiroyuki, Kobayashi, Hirokazu, Wakabayashi, Shinji, Deguchi, Masao, Ito, Hidehiro, Mogami, Yuji, Tanikawa, Hirotaka, Nakagawa, Hiroyuki, Moriya, Hideki, Ashizawa, Ryohei, Takahara, Kenji, Kinoshita, Hisatoshi, Tateiwa, Yutaka, Misawa, Hiromichi, Tsutsumimoto, Takahiro, Nakakohji, Taku, Yuzawa, Yohei, Sawaumi, Akihito, Hidai, Yohei, Matsuda, Satoshi, Nakamura, Isao, Toba, Shigeyuki, Kamimura, Mikio, Nakane, Takeshi, Ohtsuka, Kuniyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Elsevier B.V 01.03.2013; Springer Japan
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Alprostadil - analogs & derivatives; Alprostadil - therapeutic use; Chi-Square Distribution; Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Disability Evaluation; Etodolac - therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Intermittent Claudication - drug therapy; Low Back Pain - drug therapy; Lumbar Vertebrae; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Orthopedics; Pain Measurement; Quality of Life; Rheumatology; Spinal Stenosis - drug therapy; Statistics, Nonparametric; Treatment Outcome; Vasodilator Agents - therapeutic use; Walking; Etodolac; Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patient; Locomotive Syndrome; Lumbar Spinal Stenosis; Gait Disturbance

Quality of life (QOL) is a concern for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). In this study, QOL was examined using the 5-item EuroQol (EQ-5D). QOL and activities of daily living (ADL) were surveyed for 91 patients who visited 18 medical institutions in our prefecture and were diagnosed with LS...